I read from my scribbled computer science lecture notes: "CNUCE (Centro Nazionale Universitario di Calcolo Elettronico) in Italy, Pisa, was connected to ARPANET in April 1986...". I think Italy was the third country :-) http://cng1.iet.unipi.it/wiki/index.php/Luciano_Lenzini http://www.isti.cnr.it/about/cnuce_timeline.php ciao fra On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Christian Huitema <huitema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Yep. Also, the connection to Holland only happened in December 1988, while INRIA in France was connected in July 1988... > > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ole Jacobsen > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 8:00 AM > To: Huub van Helvoort > Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx; ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Web Anniversary > > > 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 > > > >