[ih] astonishing patron saint of the Internet

[Dan Lynch]

I agree with Miles. Lick had the idea and Bob and Vint came up with the practical  architecture. Plenty of room for glory. 

Dan

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> On Apr 12, 2021, at 7:23 AM, Miles Fidelman via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Of course, Vint & Bob are still with us, and too modest for Sainthood. :-)
> 
> Now Licklider...
> 
> Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
>> Ahah!   So Isidore invented the Internet in the 7th century.   I always
>> thought it was you and Bob Kahn.   /Jack
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4/11/21 2:55 PM, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
>>> Dear Vint
>>> 
>>> This Wednesday I am doing a brief presentation about my 1473 copy of
>>> Isidore of Seville. *Etymologiae* at a Zoom session of the Grolier Club.
>>> 
>>> I came across this factoid which I share with you in case of the unlikely
>>> possibility that you were not aware of it.
>>> 
>>> In 1997 Pope John Paul II declared Isidore of Seville the patron saint of
>>> the internet. Saint Isidore died in the year 636, long before the first
>>> host-to-host ARPANET connection in 1969. But Isidore did try to record
>>> everything ever known in an encyclopedia that was ultimately published
>>> after his death
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Gene
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Eugene S. Flamm, MD, FAANS, FACS, FASA
>>> Professor of Neurosurgery
>>> Chairman Emeritus
>>> Albert Einstein College of Medicine
>>> Montefiore Medical Center
> 
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