What Ole said. For an idea of how big and internationally connected the internet was by early 1986 - call it 2.5 years earlier, take a look at pages 118 and 119 of the proceedings of the 2nd IETF. Mike Sent from my iPad > On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Ole Jacobsen <olejacobsen@xxxxxx> 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 >>