At 21:22 02/12/03, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
Hasn't this idea been killed enough? I am a newbie on the Internet
(only been here since 1988) and _I_ am fed up with this discussion.
Hi! Kurt,
did not see that one. I will respond it because it may help you
understanding. I am also a newbie as I only been here since 1977 (on the
other side of the "plug") and _I_ keep trying IETF people to understand the
same thing: there is a real world out there.
The first time I had that discussion was with the first internut to show up
in an international users meeting in Tahoe probably in 1984. I wish I
remember the name of the guy. Could have been Vint from what I remember,
but I think the name was longer.
It may interest you that I am a peacefull person and I want to reach
consensus. But I have Louis Pouzin involved (we both are on Eurolinc BoD)
who you may know. He specified the first "mail" program at MIT, the
scripts, the end to end datagram, the IP zones (recently Vint recalled the
Internet could have been called "catenet" from his multiple routes
concatenation approach - I think is the necessary future). I am glad he is
not active on this list :-)
take care.
jfc