phatcat
29th Jul 2005, 02:27 PM
TechScape: Vint Cerf on how the internet was born (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/29/vint_cerf_interview_one/)
On The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/)
The USA wanted to find the technologies which would give them the edge, any edge, against the Soviets and went to the universities and research facilities to find that edge.
Who could've predicted that one of the technologies would be a worldwide communications system which would change the business models, offer new uncharted territories for distribution, sales, procurement, research, health, travel, community, law, education and so on? Who would've known that there would be no immediate military application but a larger more important invention with an incredible utilization around the corner?
Not Cerf certainly.
This is a great interview with Vint Cerf on the birth of the internet.
On The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/)
The USA wanted to find the technologies which would give them the edge, any edge, against the Soviets and went to the universities and research facilities to find that edge.
Who could've predicted that one of the technologies would be a worldwide communications system which would change the business models, offer new uncharted territories for distribution, sales, procurement, research, health, travel, community, law, education and so on? Who would've known that there would be no immediate military application but a larger more important invention with an incredible utilization around the corner?
Not Cerf certainly.
This is a great interview with Vint Cerf on the birth of the internet.