> This is a great book, BTW. All network engineers should read
> it.
Just happen to have it handy. Both of the earlier posters were
correct. The book cites both Bob Taylor's priority on R&E
networks and Baran's goal of a resilient communications system
that could survive a nuclear holocaust.
This is a great book, BTW. All network engineers should read it. I suspect
this misunderstanding grew out of the idea that some of the original papers
on packet switching used as one of their criteria, that the networks be
highly survivable. Also, considering the source of many of the grants on
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On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Alan Hannan wrote:
> With regards to the purpose of the internet, I recall reading
> in the Prologue to _Where Wizards Stay Up Late_, by Katie Hafner
> and Matthew Lyon, a true anecdote about Bob Taylor. The authors
> quote Mr. Taylor as refuting that the purpose of
