"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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On the other hand, the man who *did* play a seminal role in the
development of the internet, Vincent Cerf, said "The Internet would not be
where it is in the United States without the strong support given to it
and related research areas by the Vice President in his current role and
in his earlier role as Senator," which is what Gore was claiming in the
interview.


In the interview Gore claimed he "took the initiative in creating the
Internet." Gore entered Congress in January 1977, many of the components of
what we now call the Internet existed well before that time.