I'm relatively sure that the forerunner of TCPIP was conceived by a UCLA professor. I read somewhere that the first loop tests of the protocols were between UCLA and San Diego state. It was called Cerfnet.
Best,
CB
At 08:18 AM 11/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Seriously though, I'd love to hear about data supporting the contention that the Internet was invented and implemented in southern California. In the absence of such evidence, I'd have to say that it was conceived in Washington (Larry Roberts, the head of DARPA) and invented/implemented mostly in Massachussetts (Bolt Beranek & Newman were the prime contractors and implementers). There were certainly a lot of individual participants from academia, and a couple of those were from UCLA. But hardly enough to support your claim. (Still true even if you include northern California and pick up Berkeley.)
Cheers! DaveT
