ucla on internet conference

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
> Date: October 16, 2009 7:35:46 PDT
> To: dave () farber net, Len Kleinrock <lk () cs ucla edu>
> Subject: Re: [IP] ucla on internet conference

> There's a phrase in this announcement that I strongly disagree  
> with:  "ARPANET, which later became the Internet".
>
> While it is clear that many in the Internet community began work in  
> the ARPANET project, that ARPA did indeed fund the development of  
> the Internet technologies in the earliest days, and that some of the  
> key application technologies in the ARPANET were carried forward  
> into the Internet,
>      in fact the Internet did not one day "become the Internet".   
> That perspective is historically wrong.
>
> The Internet work was begun as a way to unify and interconnect  
> networks that were not part of the Internet.  In particular, the  
> Packet Radio project, Satellite networking projects, a variety of  
> Local Area Networking projects (including the one at MIT called  
> LCSNET, where I was based) each were part of the Internet  
> development activity, and had operational systems that had nothing  
> to do with the Internet, well before the Internet was the primary  
> mode of using the ARPANET.  The Internet began with the Transmission  
> Control Protocol (TCP) designed by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn.
>
> This observation does NOT take anything away from those pioneers who  
> created packet networking, the ARPANET, etc.  It's worth celebrating  
> their accomplishments.
>
> However, historic accuracy matters more than many think.   It was  
> the careful thinking that Cerf and Kahn started with their initial  
> publication of the TCP work that led to a world-wide network that  
> was not "owned" or controlled by the US Department of Defense for  
> its own purposes.  The decoupling of the Internet from a particular  
> set of hardware and user community was crucial.
>
> I do not understand why this highly distorted view of history  
> persists in being promoted.
>
>
>
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>
> On 10/16/2009 10:01 AM, David Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Leonard Kleinrock <lk () cs ucla edu>
> > Date: October 15, 2009 10:05:57 PM PDT
> > To: David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>
> > Subject: For IP
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Long time since we have chatted.  Hope all is well with you.
> >
> > If you find it suitable, please post the following announcement to  
> > your mailing list.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On October 29, 2009, UCLA Engineering will celebrate the 40th  
> > anniversary of the Internet with a Symposium that focuses not on  
> > the history or even on the technology, but rather on the impact the  
> > Internet has had on society, business, communities, lifestyles,  
> > culture, etc., and on the likely directions it will take in the  
> > future.
> >
> > Forty years ago, a team led by UCLA's Professor Leonard Kleinrock,  
> > sent the first message on the ARPANET, which later became the  
> > Internet. The Internet has revolutionized communication, education,  
> > business and entertainment leading to dramatic changes in our  
> > social, political and economic lives.
> >
> > What's next? The event's featured Internet leaders, activists and  
> > analysts will offer valuable insights on the opportunities and  
> > pitfalls that lie ahead.  Please check the website http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/IA40/index.html 
> >  for detailed information.
> >
> > During this event, an IEEE Milestone Award will be unveiled by IEEE  
> > President John R. Vig.
> >
> > The keynote address will be given by Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman  
> > of One Laptop Per Child.
> >
> > Other Featured Speakers include:
> >
> > Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
> > John Taylor, Co-Founder & Bassist, Duran Duran
> > John Perry Barlow, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, Electronic Frontier  
> > Foundation
> > Shiva Shivakumar, Vice President, Google, Inc.
> > Michael Morhaime & Frank Pearce, Co-Founders, Blizzard Entertainment
> > Mark Bregman, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec
> > Thomas Gewecke, President of Digital Distribution, Warner Brothers
> > Regina Dugan, Director, DARPA
> > Gary Bridge,SVP, Cisco
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Len
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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