[ih] Installed base momentum (was Re: Design choices in SMTP)

[Charles H Sauer (he/him)]

IBM people steeped in SNA had a hard time accepting TCP/IP. Fortunately 
for us working on AIX, Larry Loucks, even though he had been 
instrumental in SNA, particularly LU 6.2, saw the need for TCP/IP. Dale 
Reed was another SNA principal that became open minded about TCP/IP. CHS

On 2/10/2023 1:51 PM, Vint Cerf via Internet-history wrote:
> ellen was viscerally opposed to TCP/IP - visited IBM HQ at one point and
> got an earful.
> 
> v

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