Internet Created for Business to Make $$$ ?

"Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet." - POTUS. Most people reading this are aware that what we now refer to as the Internet began its life as ARPANet in October of 1969. Dig this excerpt from the early ARPANet handbook in the Rules and Etiquette section: "It is considered illegal to use the ARPANet for anything which is not in direct support of Government business... Sending electronic mail over the ARPANet for commercial profit or political purposes is both anti-social and illegal." So much for the veracity of the claim.

Posted July 2012

Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs - RF Cafe

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...