I know I shouldn't say "written", but I seem to remember a Wired atricle mentioning Judy Estrin and Bill Carrico, working under Vint Cerf, as the authors of TCP's predacessor in 1975. Anyone know?
-- RFC 1149 Compliant. Get in my head: http://sar.dynu.com ""Michael Williams"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > It's kinda fuzzy. I myself just got through doing a tech review of a book > covering this topic as well as have written my own "materials" for training, > etc covering this topic. IMHO, DoD is credited with "creating the internet" > even though at the time it wasn't called the internet and didn't use the > same protocols we do now. Although the DoD started the whole mess, from > what I've read DoD commisioned ARPANET to research this. I'm sure that > peoples are various universities and colleges were in on the actual > deveopment evidenced by the fact that in 1971 there were 15 nodes (with a > total of 23 hosts), namely UCLA, SRI, UCSB, U of Utah, BBN, MIT, RAND, SDC, > Harvard, Lincoln Lab, Stanford, UIU(C), CWRU, CMU, and NASA/Ames. Note most > of those listed are colleges/universities. I've read some about BBN, however > it seems to me their main role was to supply the first "computers" > (Honeywell 516 mini computers with 12K of memory) that acted as Information > Message Processors (IMPs) (routers?). > > However, I would humbly suggest that Howard B. or Priscilla O. throw their 2 > cents in here. > > Also, since your doing a technical edit, be careful of the words you choose > as well. For example you use the word "written" over and over above, but I > don't think the conversation is really about "which programmers actually > wrote the code" it's more about "who either spearheaded or caused the > evolution of the *standards* we call TCP/IP" in which case I don't think > crediting the DoD is incorrect. > > My 2 cents =) > Mike W. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=39679&t=39657 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
