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

[Brian E Carpenter]

When I joined IBM in early 1997, with the dubious job title
"Program Director, Internet Standards and Technology", I found
people everywhere in IBM, not least in Research Triangle Park,
who very much saw the need for TCP/IP. The main problem was
that each IBM operating system had its own implementation; but
AIX was the gold standard.

Regards
    Brian

On 11-Feb-23 09:29, Charles H Sauer (he/him) via Internet-history wrote:
> 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
>