This week, Google announced that it had hired Vinton Cerf, a founding father of the Internet, as Chief Internet Evangelist. Great title, and this quote of his from the news release is pretty interesting:

“This medium will enjoy wider-spread use than television, radio or phones, and will ultimately expand beyond planet Earth. Google has always believed in doing things differently, and I believe that places us in a unique position to help bring even the wildest Internet visions into reality.”

“Expand beyond planet Earth”? Is that why Google’s buying up all the dark fiber it can?

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 11th, 2005 at 12:01 am and is filed under Internet Stuff.