The objective was to develop communication protocols which would allow networked computers to communicate transparently across multiple, linked packet networks. Experts are divided over the usefulness of the project. The Future is Big claimed Internetting will one day be part of everyday life. Pictures, words, even moving images could theoretically be transmitted through it. This view was dismissed by Professor Chip Clancy, head of computer science at Stansted University, Ohio.
Computers are very unreliable.
Students in the UCLA students' bar reacted positively to the idea of a network of shared information. His companion was less enthusiastic. I don't know anything about Internetting. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of ZDNet Inc. is prohibited.