[ih] Dan Lynch has passed away

[Ole Jacobsen]

Just to answer the original question about what Interop was called initially:

The very first one, with funding from the US government was actually called:

"TCP/IP Vendors Workshop" (August 25-27, 1986)

After that the first "real" conference, in March 1987 was called:

"The TCP/IP Interoperability Conference"

A second one, with the same name, was held in December 1987 in Arlington, VA.

INTEROP 88, in September 1988 became the first event to use that name.

Ole

> On Apr 1, 2024, at 09:21, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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> On 4/1/2024 5:29 AM, Dave Crocker via Internet-history wrote:
>> Bake-offs were part of protocol development from the start of the Internet development.  (And earlier.)  These were narrow efforts to test/ensure interoperability for specific protocols.
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