[ih] Early History of the Internet

[Dave Crocker]

On 1/9/2024 5:32 PM, Tom Lyon wrote:
> If one focuses on user experience, rather than lower layer technology, 
> one can argue that Arpanet and Internet were essentially the same. 
> Compatible host naming, email, telnet, ftp...  IMHO.  Of course, 
> Internet evolved from there.

Arpanet had a central authority, even with the various host-level 
independence..  An Internet does not have any central authority.

So for discussion of UX I think it entirely reasonable to talk about the 
Internet starting in 1969, or at least with FTP, Telnet, and email, 
about 2-3 years after that.

But this mailing list is discussing underlying tech.  So the differences 
between single network and inter-networkS is fundamental.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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