Stephen Barr of the Washington Post has a great article titled:
The Idea Factory That Spawned the Internet Turns 50
Below is a snippet from Stephen Barr's article:
"Like many government initiatives, DARPA was born out of a crisis.
The Soviets launched the satellite Sputnik in 1957, beating the United States into space. At the direction of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, DARPA opened for business the next year, focused on helping guard the nation against technological surprises. The agency's mission has been evolving ever since, and today DARPA also works to create its own technological surprises that permit the U.S. military to overwhelm adversaries.
Unlike most federal agencies, DARPA operates with little red tape. It has only two management layers, encouraging the rapid flow of ideas and decisions."
It is it possible the Internet would have happened without DARPA? I seriously doubt it....
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