Indeed -- and I'd be pretty surprised too as I was in the UK at the time and on 3 Nov 88 I remember reading all about the RTM worm & trying out some pings & stuff from UCL NSS Gateway (which became nsfnet-relay for UK). Then again, who cares? :-) Olivier On 12/03/2014 15:59, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > Nonsense. If the NSFnet was "a precursor to the Internet," then surely > so was the ARPANET. I used the ARPANET from Norway in 1976, Norway was > indeed the second country (after the UK) to join the ARPANET. The > "first international connection" was most certainly made long before > 1988! > > Ole > > > Ole J. Jacobsen > Editor and Publisher > Home: +1 415-550-9427 > Cell: +1 415-370-4628 > Japan Docomo: +81 90 3337-9311 > UK Orange: +44 7805 977889 > E-mail: olejacobsen@xxxxxx > URL: http://organdemo.info > Skype: organdemo > > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2014, Huub van Helvoort wrote: > >> The IETF Chair wrote: >> >>> I would like to wish the World Wide Web a happy 25th birthday! The >>> last 25 years have truly demonstrated the power of open standards >>> and the global Internet! >> It was actually a Dutchman who made the first international >> connection on November 17, 1988 that enabled the start of the >> world wide web... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Beertema >> >> Met vriendelijke groet, Huub. >> >> >> -- >> ***************************************************************** >> 请记住，你是独一无二的，就像其他每一个人一样 >>