Without the government, there would never have been an Internet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet
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Replying to @St_Rev
To anticipate the obvious criticism: No, FidoNet wasn't ever going to replace the pre-Web Internet. ARPAnet had first-mover advantage & $$$.
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Replying to @St_Rev
What FidoNet shows is large-scale networking wasn't a mysterious discovery that needed a Manhattan project. Hobbyists could half-ass it.
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If we'd gotten hobbyist-led internet everything would still run on a shortwave radio backbone though.
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Replying to @TristanSevers
For the same reason we're still using UUCP bang path email addresses today?
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