[ih] Historical fiction

[Vint Cerf]

Dave W and Alex M have done a good job of describing the early
conditions and activities surrounding the ARPANET deployment.

Ironically, Steve Crocker and I consulted with Jacobi Systems that did
bid on the project and ended up being among the top 4 bidders (I
think). We were lucky that we were also at UCLA where the Network
Measurement Center was to be established and got to work on ARPANET
despite losing the bid made by Jacobi!

I think the summary about the first 4 nodes is likely close to reality
although a more definitive answer might come from Larry Roberts who
ran the program at the time. Is he on this list?

v


On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:55 PM,  <dave.walden.family at gmail.com> wrote:
> My guess is that the first four sites were promised participation, or were required to participate, as part of ARPA's plan to have a network, before BBN was selected as the IMP contractor.  Also the winner of the IMP contract might have been a west coast company which could have inexpensively connected to one of the first four IMPs (e.g., a company called something like Jacobi Systems might have won).
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> On May 10, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net> wrote:
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>> Dave Walden wrote:
>>> BBN IMP was the fifth IMP on the network, in early 1970.
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>> You know, I've always wondered, how is it that one of the first four nodes wasn't at either BBN or MIT?  How were the first four sites actually selected?
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>> Miles Fidelman
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>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
>> In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra
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