[ih] The Internet Plan; was: Ken Olsen's impact on the Internet

Bernie Cosell bernie at fantasyfarm.com
Mon Feb 14 15:03:53 PST 2011


On 14 Feb 2011 at 14:00, Richard Bennett wrote:

> My recollection of the process of networking standards back in the late 
> 70s and early 80s was that TCP/IP was meant to be discarded in favor of 
> a more mature approach after some experience was gained with 
> internetworking.

You mean akin to how SMTP, "Simple" mail transport protocol, was supposed 
to be replaced by something better when we figured out what email was 
going to be...:o)

  /Bernie\

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