Lori Emerson, KFØLCB on Nostr: 1980 was also when companies (incredibly) were still dedicated to the principle of ...
1980 was also when companies (incredibly) were still dedicated to the principle of keeping commercial interests off the ARPANET and soon-to-be internet: "It is ARPA policy that the Arpanet be used only for government supported research and development. It is against Xerox policy to use the Arpanet to discuss products.... Xerox employees use the Arpanet for ARPA related research purposes only, not for answering questions or distributing information about our products." #othernetworks
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