Did Bill Gates build the Internet?

Of course Bill Gates didn’t invent the Internet any more than Al Gore did. And it’s true that Microsoft did its best to ignore the Net until 1995. But since judging Bill Gates is the favorite political sport right now, let’s judge him the way that anyone deserves to be judged–on results, not intentions.

Who invented the internet?

Who invented the internet? No one person invented the internet. When networking technology was first developed, a number of scientists and engineers brought their research together to create the ARPANET. Later, other inventors’ creations paved the way for the web as we know it today.

What age did Bill Gates create the Internet?

That November, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, then 39 and the world’s richest person with a net worth of $12.9 billion, went on CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” to promote his book “The Road Ahead” as well as Microsoft’s first online tool, the then-newly launched Internet Explorer, which helped computer users …

What did Bill Gates actually invent?

Bill Gates founded the software company Microsoft Corporation with his friend Paul Allen. He also cofounded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund global health and development programs.

Who paid to build the internet?

The Internet did start with the ARPANET project and the federal government directly funded the creation of the Internet we know today, Cerf wrote.

When did the Internet start and by who?

The internet began as ARPANET, an academic research network that was funded by the military’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, now DARPA). The project was led by Bob Taylor, an ARPA administrator, and the network was built by the consulting firm of Bolt, Beranek and Newman. It began operations in 1969.