[ih] Eric Allman giving a public talk on the history of email

[Miles Fidelman]

Bill Woodcock via Internet-history wrote:
> A bit of background:  On January 1, 1983, the Internet was born from the ashes of the ARPAnet,
Ashes?

More like built on the foundation of the ARPANET.  Or grew around the 
scaffolding of the ARPANET?

In 1983, the ARPANET was very much, the backbone of the Internet. Jan 1, 
1983 - the TCP/IP "Flag Day," marks the day that TCP/IP became the 
required standard for ... wait for it ... the ARPANET.

The supercomputer networks, and NSFnet were yet to come.

And then, the ARPANET didn't so much burn, as fade away - to be turned 
off in 1990.  The guy in the office next to mine, at BBN, was actually 
the project engineer for the final decommissioning.

(Doesn't anybody know any, ... "Internet History" here?)

Miles Fidelman




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In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
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