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<5(_dot_)1(_dot_)1(_dot_)6(_dot_)2(_dot_)20021220145323(_dot_)05352fb0(_at_)pop(_dot_)wcomnet(_dot_)co
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
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