[thechat] Europe, take back the web...

[William Anderson]

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From: "Erika Meyer" <emeyer at lclark.edu>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [thechat] Europe, take back the web...

> Adrian wrote:
> > clearly he likes the 'net we
> > provided for the world, and clearly he wants to slice a part off and
> > keep it as his own... kinda like china...
>
> well, he claims Europe is the birthplace of the Web (as opposed to
> the 'net?)

"claims"?  It's fact.  Web created at CERN, Switzerland.  Last time I
checked, .ch was on the European continent :)  Also don't forget Europe was
the first extra-US regions to be connected to the ARPANET in the early 70s
(either one of the Scandinavian countries or the UK if memory serves).

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