The Team That Put the Net in Orbit - New York Times

An important reality check, on the 20th anniversary of NSFnet; see the full article for details

IN the 2000 election, Al Gore, then the vice president, was derided by opponents who claimed that he had said he “created” the Internet. But many of the scientists, engineers and technology executives who gathered here to celebrate the Web’s birth say he played a crucial role in its development, and they expressed bitterness that his vision had been so discredited.

Mr. Gore had been instrumental in introducing legislation, beginning in 1988, to finance what he originally called a “national data highway.”

The Team That Put the Net in Orbit - New York Times