Sorry dude, but FTP, SMTP, and POP3 are all application layer and they don’t define the internet. Networking protocols are lower layer. And back to the letter from the guys that invented TCP/IP, the internet deployed in 1983, when TCP/IP replaced NCP as the network and transport layer.
Also, I have to point out that you have some dates incorrect and that you’ve also misquoted the former VP. First, the RFCs for TCP/IP weren’t published until 1981; it was near its final form in 1978, though. The work wasn’t “largely done in 1973” but rather was an ongoing design effort for several years in the mid 70s starting around 1973. Also, Gore’s Congressional service began in 1976 in the House; he served there until 1984 when he won his Senate seat.
In your last post, you misquoted Mr. Gore. His actual response was “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”
Note that he said Congress, which of course includes the Senate as well as the House.
Also, if you had been following this thread, you’d see that I referred to global warming as “junk science”, so I’m no Gore apologist. I just don’t need to rely on word games and “gotcha politics” for my positions, that’s all. I also don’t like to see people misquoted or history rewritten either. It may be true that Mr. Gore likes to tell whoppers (what politician doesn’t? No new taxes! No nation building! I didn’t inhale!), but in the case of the internet I’ll give him the benefit of a doubt that he just misspoke a little bit.
