a couple references ("internet time zone database") ICANN rescues time zone database http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/16/icann_rescues_time_zone_database/ http://lxnews.org/2011/10/17/icann-taking-over-olson-db/ http://news.softpedia.com/news/ICANN-Takes-Over-Time-Zone-Database-Crucial-to-the-Internet-After-Copyright-Lawsuit-228060.shtml http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111014_icann_to_manage_internet_time_zone_database/
ICANN reference http://www.icann.org/ Wiki overview http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN for some drift, IETF Editor (publishes internet standards) function has also been at USC ISI (picture in above). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force For a long time it was Postel http://www.postel.org/postel.html Jon use to let me do part of (IETF) STD1 and periodically I would go by USC ISI to visit him -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html