In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] m>you write: >bob is correct; I left ARPA in Oct 1972 to join MCI. > >vint > You mean 1982.
Peter >At 07:49 PM 12/20/2002 +0000, Bob Braden wrote: > >>In my recent message about the creation of the Internet by > the >>conversion of the ARPAnet from NCP to TCP/IP, I incorrectl >y named Vint >>Cerf as the Responsible Parent at ARPA. Actually, the Res >ponsible >>Parent at ARPA during conversion was Bob Kahn; Vint had le >ft ARPA for >>MCI before that date. There are enough slightly-incorrect > "facts" >>about the early history of the Internet floating around, w >ithout my >>inadvertantly creating a new non-fact! >> >>Bob Braden > >Vint Cerf >SVP Architecture & Technology >WorldCom >22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115 >Ashburn, VA 20147 >703 886 1690 (v806 1690) >703 886 0047 fax > > Peter X*********************************************************** **********X * Prof Peter Kirstein Telephone: +44 20 7679 7286 * Department of Computer Science Fax: +44 20 7387 1 397 * University College London Telex: 28722 * Gower Street Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cl.ac.uk * London * WC1E 6BT * U.K URL : http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/sta ff/kirstein X*********************************************************** **********X
