[ih] Fwd: List archives (Was: Exterior Gateway Protocol)

[Jack Haverty]

Thanks Dan!

There's so much of the history that didn't get recorded in RFCs and
such, and mail list archives from that era are rare.  We weren't very
good about documenting things, especially the "why" of how decisions
were made.

There's plenty of room for more participation!   Perhaps you can provide
the story behind this artifact of the early Internet?

ACE Coaster

That coaster has been sitting on my desk for close to 40 years.  The
lettering is fading, after too many attacks by marauding coffee mugs
over the decades, and a few trips to the floor courtesy of a roaming cat. 

The story of ACE, and Interop which followed, is an important part of
Internet history.  There tends to be a focus on protocols and
algorithms, but innovations like Interop were, IMHO, equally important
to the success of the Internet by making it accessible to the masses and
emphasizing the importance of working systems. 

Perhaps more important.   Tell us the story.

/Jack


On 9/5/20 12:10 PM, Dan Lynch via Internet-history wrote:
> Forgot to copy the fantastic list!
>
> Dan
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> Cell 650-776-7313
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>> From: Dan Lynch <dan at lynch.com>
>> Date: September 5, 2020 at 11:42:36 AM PDT
>> To: Joseph Touch <touch at strayalpha.com>
>> Subject: Re:  [ih] List archives (Was: Exterior Gateway Protocol)
>>
>> Great!  These discussions are amazing, considering that they are being done by the actual inventors of much of the Internet some 3 or 4 decades later. We were young then, eh?  Of course they must be open to the world. Thank you Noel, Miles, Brian, Tony, Vint, Jack, and others I’ve forgotten just now. 
>>
>> Dan
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>> Cell 650-776-7313
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>>> On Sep 5, 2020, at 8:06 AM, Joseph Touch via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> HI, all,
>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 5, 2020, at 7:58 AM, Noel Chiappa via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Joseph Touch
>>>>> FYI - we moved the archives here.
>>>> I've just noticed that the archives are now only accessible to list members?
>>> They should have been open. If anything changed recently, this is the first I heard. Either way, the setting has been updated to allow public access. 
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you continue to find otherwise.
>>>
>>> Joe (as list admin)
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