[ih] Baran and arbitrary reliability from arbitrarily unreliable components

[John Day]

That was a mistake, but a different one.  ;-)

They were just incompetent.  At least the telephony guys who turned 
down Baran knew telephony well.  I predicted the outcome of DIN II on 
the day I heard who had gotten the contract.  I doubt that I was 
alone.  ;--)

>On 11 Mar 2009 at 6:18, Vint Cerf wrote:
>
>>  a very radical piece of work. It was rejected by the then telecom 
>>  experts of the Defense Department who "KNEW" that the only way to do 
>>  telecom was circuit switching.
>>
>>  How wrong they were.
>
>Indeed, didn't they make the same mistake *again*, many years later [and
>post-ARPAnet] when they let AUTODIN II to Western Union?
>
>   /Bernie\
>
>--
>Bernie Cosell                     Fantasy Farm Fibers
>mailto:bernie at fantasyfarm.com     Pearisburg, VA
>     -->  Too many people, too few sheep  <--

At 8:15 -0400 2009/03/11, Bernie Cosell wrote:
>On 11 Mar 2009 at 6:18, Vint Cerf wrote:
>
>>  a very radical piece of work. It was rejected by the then telecom 
>>  experts of the Defense Department who "KNEW" that the only way to do 
>>  telecom was circuit switching.
>>
>>  How wrong they were.
>
>Indeed, didn't they make the same mistake *again*, many years later [and
>post-ARPAnet] when they let AUTODIN II to Western Union?
>
>   /Bernie\
>
>--
>Bernie Cosell                     Fantasy Farm Fibers
>mailto:bernie at fantasyfarm.com     Pearisburg, VA
>     -->  Too many people, too few sheep  <--