[31541] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Inventor of the Internet Technology / Father of Modern Day Ne
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Wed Sep 27 15:54:59 2000
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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:52:50 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
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Wayne Bouchard wrote:
> Well, the question these days is who holds the patent on it? :-)
>
IBM. Circa 1992, they patented every network that communicates with a
wireless network, specifically mentioning TCP/IP. Oh, and they also
patented a system of names indirectly referencing the location
information, that is, DNS....
A fellow named Charlie Perkins, who at a Boston session in 1994
explained that at the time, he'd never heard of the IETF.
WSimpson@UMich.edu
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