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IP: More on Breaking the Tech Myths (before they break us)
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 06:56:17 -0500
From: cohen () myri com To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> Cc: Danny Cohen <Cohen () myri com> Subject: Breaking the Tech Myths (before they break us) Date: Sun, 06 Dec 98 20:50:23 -0800 David, I enjoyed reading Mr Douglas Rushkoff breaking five popular tech myths. About the first myth he wrote: This myth came into popularity after a report by the Rand Corporation, a U.S. think tank that often works on military scenarios, was released onto the Internet. The report -- written well after the Internet came into existence -- did make the observation that a decentralized communications infrastructure could potentially resist conventional attacks. It had nothing to do with the development of the Internet itself. Well, the RAND report (by Paul Baran) was released in 1964, and was obviously written earlier (1962? 1963?). The ARPAnet started in 1969 and the internet several years later. The Baran report was used by ARPA to convince DoD to invest in the packet switching technology, in order to support survivable Command and Control networks. In his "The report -- written well after the Internet came into existence" Mr. Rushkof is obviously using the word "after" in a way that I was not previously aware of. Danny
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