[ih] Dave Mills has passed away

Vint Cerf vint at google.com
Fri Jan 19 07:16:03 PST 2024


thanks Barbara.

I am accumulating Dave Mills stories here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XU6Fn5rFeJLO4mIBSa9e8V8BIDwafI0Lvlmi4gQwcmE/edit?usp=sharing

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On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 10:13 AM Barbara Denny via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

>  I believe I first met Dave Mills when he was at Linkabit in the early
> 80s.  Even though I also think of him as Father Time,  his Fuzzballs were a
> frequent topic at meetings I attended.  In checking my Linkabit memory,  I
> found this oral history. I always enjoyed meetings more when he was present.
> https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/113899
>
> barbara
>     On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 03:37:07 AM PST, Patrik Fältström" via
> Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>  On 19 Jan 2024, at 2:35, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
>
> > His daughter, Leigh, just sent me the news that Dave passed away
> peacefully on January 17, 2024. He was such an iconic element of the early
> Internet.
> > Network Time Protocol, the Fuzzball routers of the early NSFNET, INARG
> taskforce lead, COMSAT Labs and University of Delaware and so much more.
> >
> > R.I.P.
>
> Indeed... :-(
>
> Patrik
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