I now have an urge to re-read "Where Wizards Stay Up Late." (That book is a fairly readable, though not-too-technical, history of the early Internet. Don't remember if it covered any of the political issues, sadly.)
David Smith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ski Kacoroski Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 10:06 AM To: Brandon Allbery Cc: LOPSA Discuss List Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Just wondering what folks think of Schneier latest On 09/06/2013 08:03 AM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:58 AM, William J. Robbins > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Not that I disagree with the intent of the article, nor need to > reform. However "This is not the internet the world needs, or t*he > internet its creators envisioned*." is an odd statement. > > I do feel obliged to point out the Internet originated as a DARPA > project: http://www.darpa.mil/About/History/History.aspx > > > The folks who actually *built* it were academics, not defense, and had > a different vision from the folks who paid for its development. Yes, > this may have some odd effects on the whole thing. Yeah, it would be interesting to hear from some of the folks who did the original design and building to see what, if any concerns, they had at that time. ski -- "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it connected to the entire universe" John Muir Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, Director of LOPSA, [email protected], 206-501-9803 or ski98033 on most IM services _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
