[25492] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: a moment of silence
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Galbavy)
Fri Oct 15 04:55:15 1999
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:53:38 +0100
From: Peter Galbavy <Peter.Galbavy@knowledge.com>
To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc: Joe Shaw <jshaw@insync.net>, "John D. Vo" <jvo@inx.inx.net>,
nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 11:44:25AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> It's obvious that we need to educate lots of folks on where the
> Internet came from. Too many people don't know who Jon was and what
> his impact on the net was.
On this point, is anyone actively writing either a biography of Jon or
of the "real" story of the Internet? By real, I personally mean
without the self-congratulating summaries, like those of certain (now
marketing) folk, of how visionary they were in the early days.
This would not likely work by committee...
Regards,
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Peter Galbavy
Knowledge Matters Ltd
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