How did the government influence the development of the computer industry and the internet?

How did the government influence the development of the computer industry and the internet? What about programs such as Claria? Should the government try to regulate these types of programs? Why or why not?

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For one, Mr. Gore and a few others started the internet.

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MyLoserAlterEgo	Posted Aug 18th, 2009 at 11:33PM The internet was originally designed to be a network of computers that couldn't be knocked out in a nuclear war. IBM began as a result of conversation between an entrepreneur and a government census official on an airplane. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Undertone	Posted Aug 18th, 2009 at 11:09PM The internet was invented for the military industrial complex. Rated: +1Vote for this!
koyptakh	Posted Aug 19th, 2009 at 7:39AM Hi Lc27Junior Surely the internet an inevitable consequence of computer science. Nothing could stop it or even influence it once Pandora's box was opened. Lots of inventions are like that - which is why so many people say they invented it - probably did! :) Rated: +1Vote for this!
fnformetoo	Posted Aug 19th, 2009 at 2:13PM They influenced it by staying out of they way, and let capitalists take it. That's what they should also do with healthcare. Get the hell out of the way. Rated: +1Vote for this!

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