IP: Founder of Akamai among those on downed flight

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date:         Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:00:52 EDT
> From: Rich Wiggins <wiggins () msu edu>
> Subject:      Founder of Akamai among those on downed flight
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
>
>
> The New York Times reports that one of the founders of Akamai
> was on one of the hijacked flights:
>
>  Akamai Technologies, an Internet services company based in Cambridge,
>  Mass., said a technology billionaire, a founder of the company and
>  its chief technology officer, Daniel C. Lewin, was on board the
>  same plane. His wife and two sons were not traveling with him.
>
>  http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/national/12PASS.html
>
> A very sad irony.  Right now, effective caching and multicasting
> are what the Internet needs, as millions of people flock to
> nytimes.com and other leading newspaper and media sites worldwide.
>
> For a while yesterday, Google's site urged people to turn on the
> television instead of searching for news on the Internet.  This
> wise counsel was later replaced; Google offered direct links to
> major sites (including the Times) and cached copies of major articles.
>
> /rich



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