Main Reasons for Creation
"What initiated [the ARPANET] was the need to share resources among fellow researchers."
- Leonard Kleinrock, 3/13/13
- Develop methods and get experience interconnecting computers to allow for a wide array of interactions.
- Improve research productivity by sharing resources.
Success
"Bob Taylor went to his boss at ARPA, and within twenty minutes, got his boss to commit one million dollars to get this thing going."
- Leonard Kleinrock, 3/13/13
The ARPANET's success was due to financial support from ARPA.
European attempts failed due to a lack of funding.
European attempts failed due to a lack of funding.
"In 1967, … [Donald Davies] initiated a project in the UK government to actually build a network…. He actually got them to build a one-node network in 1970. But he could not convince the UK government to support more than one node, and one node does not make a network."
- Leonard Kleinrock, 3/13/13
"…the NPL attempt in the UK … failed to do much due to lack of funding from the government."
- Larry Roberts, 3/21/13
