No, X.25 had nothing to do with the ARPANET. X.25 did have something to do with the Internet and so did CYCLADES (both of which, by the way, came after ARPANET and was inspired by it, then inspired changes in ARPANET again). They are both packet switched networks that contributed to the Internet we have today (though arguably not as much as ARPANET).
Packet switching was, by the way, not invented in the United States, but in Britain [1], but ARPANET was the first to actually implement it, so yes, part of ARPANET was based directly off British design.
Like I said, most of the Internet we have now would never have existed (or looked quite differently) without the work of American universities or DARPA. This is not even what this is about.
This thread is about the global .edu TLD being restricted to US accredited universities, whereas it was originally intended to be open to the world. The comment I replied to was "Nobody made your country sign up for the American internet. You could have built your own...". The internet is not property of the USA, and it shouldn't be.
The USA clearly had a key role in the development role, which is cool, but don't pat your own back like that. Stay classy.
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No, X.25 had nothing to do with the ARPANET. X.25 did have something to do with the Internet and so did CYCLADES (both of which, by the way, came after ARPANET and was inspired by it, then inspired changes in ARPANET again). They are both packet switched networks that contributed to the Internet we have today (though arguably not as much as ARPANET).
Packet switching was, by the way, not invented in the United States, but in Britain [1], but ARPANET was the first to actually implement it, so yes, part of ARPANET was based directly off British design.
Like I said, most of the Internet we have now would never have existed (or looked quite differently) without the work of American universities or DARPA. This is not even what this is about.
This thread is about the global .edu TLD being restricted to US accredited universities, whereas it was originally intended to be open to the world. The comment I replied to was "Nobody made your country sign up for the American internet. You could have built your own...". The internet is not property of the USA, and it shouldn't be.
The USA clearly had a key role in the development role, which is cool, but don't pat your own back like that. Stay classy.
[1] http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/donald-davies