Al Gore Never Really Claimed to have Invented the Internet

according to a number of reader notes that we received yesterday in response to our article on Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet's world wide web and who was finally recognized for his achievement with the $1.65 million Millennium Technology Prize. It's a myth they claimed and we have removed our quip. Here is a web page covering the issue. Indeed, we know for a fact that former senator and vice president Al Gore ardently supported the development and use of techology from both positions and helped significantly to get it funded through his leadership--that technology included the internet's infrastructure.