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Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals
From: Hans-Werner Braun <hwb () rwac ucsd edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 10:14:04 -0700
It might be noted that both NASA and ESnet were originally primarily DECnet networks as they pre-date IP development by a little bit. They also, in there early forms (SPAN, HEPnet, and MFEnet) predate the NSFnet.
Yes, just like users of smoke signals and telegraphs eventually converted to using the telephone. Only a question of how far you want to go back. Not to discredit SPAN, HEPnet, and MFEnet (or Bitnet or UUnet for that matter), but at that time when actually GOSIP (TP4/CLNP) was the officially mandated way to go, it was actually pretty gutsy of Dennis Jennings at NSF and then Steve Wolff to go for and continue to use IP. If it weren't for them, chances are that CLNP would have won (with us having as much lesser control as we would have lesser addressing issues now). Even DECNET Phase V was heading towards a CLNP solution.
Current thread:
- re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Rob Gutierrez (Jun 03)
- re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals James Lang (Jun 03)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Miguel A.L. Paraz (Jun 05)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Paul Love (Jun 05)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Kevin Oberman (Jun 05)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Erik Sherk (Jun 05)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Kent W. England (Jun 09)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Hans-Werner Braun (Jun 09)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Hans-Werner Braun (Jun 09)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Cathy Wittbrodt (Jun 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Paul Baer (Jun 03)
- Re: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Curt Howland (Jun 05)
- RE: the original thirteen NSFNET regionals Tony Hain (Jun 09)