On 10/21/2013 9:30 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 09:08:43AM -0400,
Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> wrote
a message of 27 lines which said:
He invented the datagram...
Some people say it is Leonard Kleinrock. I welcome any precise
With a very strong interest in /not/ getting into the history debates,
I'll point out that datagram is a term of art this is different from
packet switching. Besides the Wikipedia entry on Louis, I'll note that
I've regularly hear him credited for influencing the work on IP.
But my main point was that he's a very senior contributor in this space.
references on the history of the datagram, specially if they are
accessible online (whuich is rare for scientific papers of this
time). Anyway, the fact that someone did something great X years ago
(he also wrote the first shell and built Cyclades) does not mean he
cannot troll today.
I think his slides do miss some essential points, but that it's a
case of correct numbers producing incorrect recommendations.
Fair summary. His remark about the use of english is a good
example. Is it a problem? Yes? Can anyone see a solution? No (and he
does not suggest one).
I thought all of his points worthy of consideration. Of course, that's
different from /agreeing/ with all of them. But worthy, nonetheless.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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