[ih] Separation of TCP and IP

Grant Taylor internet-history at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net
Thu Jun 23 20:28:35 PDT 2022


On 6/23/22 1:15 AM, Noel Chiappa via Internet-history wrote:
> These are the impressions that I retain: that Danny was _a_ 
> significant force in making this happen, because of his voice work 
> - for which timeliness was important, not correctness. (In IEN-67, 
> "Arrangements - Cohen" Danny "complain[ed] about TCP-3 becoming all 
> things to all people".) Is that correct? (If so, it's probably his 
> most significant technical legacy.) For others, I think Dave Reed 
> may have been in favour too (perhaps he'd already started to think 
> of RPC-like things). And perhaps some of the other voice people - 
> e.g. Forgie? And I'm sure the PARC guys were trying to throw a few 
> clues our way. Am I missing anyone? Did anyone stand out as being a 
> bigger influence than the rest?

Can anyone give, or point to a quick (1~3 paragraph) summary of said 
voice work?

I remember VoIP landing on the scene I was in during the early 2000s, 
but I don't remember hearing about it before that.



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Grant. . . .
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