Re: It's been 20 years today (Oct 16, UTC). Hard to believe.

[Brian Kantor <Brian () ampr org>]

How soon we forget!

It was a telephone call to Jon (there was no email) in 1981 that
got my group the network that I still manage.  He was the editor
for the three RFCs that have my name on them.  I remember him as a
brilliant, kindly, efficient, helpful, and dedicated giant of the
early Internet.
        - Brian


On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 10:00:33PM -0400, Rodney Joffe wrote:
> At NANOG two weeks ago, we had an interesting discussion at one of the lunch tables. One of the subjects we discussed 
> was the original IANA, and RFC Editor, Jon Postel.
>
> Seven of the ten people at the table had never heard of him. Maybe these days it no longer matters who he was, and 
> what he meant to where we are today.
>
> <Sigh>
>
> For those who care about the history of the Internet, and routing and addressing. And protocols…
>
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468
>
> Oct 16, 1998.