On 10/20/21 8:26 AM, Mel Beckman wrote:
Mark,
As long as we’re being pedantic, January 1, 1983 is considered the
official birthday of the Internet, when TCP/IP first let different
kinds of computers on different networks talk to each other.
It’s 2021, hence the Internet is /less/ than, not more than, 40 years
old. Given your mathematical skills, I put no stock in your claim
that we still can’t “buy an NMS that just works.” :)
Pedantically, IP is 40 years old as of last month. What you're talking
about is the flag day. People including myself were looking into
internet protocols well before the flag day.
Mike
