I guess my sentence was unclear... the internet was created and funded by the DOD... at one early point they owned the only computers in the system, if I'm not mistaken.   

the www came about later... using the internet as the platform. I believe it was actually an international effort. The scientific/academic community always supported free access across national borders and the DOD had allowed academic access early on. Once you let geeks play with your toys, forget about getting them back... LOL

and as I said earlier... if it's not a systemic issue across the board... well, then it's not really an issue with Mudcat per se, but rather more individualized and apparently emotional.