Often called the Father of the Internet (though he calls himself a “cofounder”), Vint Cerf these days works for Google being, as Valleywag’s Own Thomas puts it, “vice president in charge of being the guy who created the Internet.”
So that’s what “Internet Evangelist” means!
Whatever his title, he’s using throwing some of the clout onto YouTube to endorse Senator Barack Obama as President. The wedge issue for Cerf? The one that protects his baby of course: Net Neutrality.
In his video address to whoever’s listening, he says, “In the upcoming presidential elections, the two candidates have rather different views of this particular matter. Senator Obama in particular sees things the way I do which is that the net should remain open and fully accessible and providing access on a nondiscriminatory basis to people who want to offer new services on the network. My name is Vint Cerf, a scientist, and I’m voting for Barack Obama.”
