<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032811-paul-baran-packet-switching-obit.html>
Katie Hafner's (Where Wizards Stay Up Late) obit on Paul is also quite good:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/technology/28baran.html?_r=1&src=busln>
Oh hell; now we'll *never* lay the ghost of "packet switching was
invented to create a nuclear-war-survivable network".
[ reads obit ]
See?
Happy Landings, Dr B.
Cheers,
-- jra
From: "Roland Dobbins" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032811-paul-baran-packet-switching-obit.html>
Oh hell; now we'll *never* lay the ghost of "packet switching was
invented to create a nuclear-war-survivable network".[ reads obit ]
See?
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Ransom Stoddard: You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?
Maxwell Scott: No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
- Lucy
If it's good enough to use as a source for Wikipedia, who's to tell what is and what isn't factual.
Maybe you're confusing the invention of packet switching with the
creation of the ARPANET? Survivability, particular to "enemy attack",
was a prime motivator for Baran's original ideas as published in he
IEEE Transactions of Communications 1964 paper. ARPANET's motivation
was apparently very different. The Network World article looks to be
factually accurate to me. Looks like this was used as a primary source
for the article:
<http://www.rand.org/about/history/baran.list.html>
John
In fact, I probably was. Sorry for the allegedly humorous noise.
Cheers,
-- jra
it goes to show that the greatest and I must add unsung heroes have the
greatest impact on our lives even when we do not know it.
Regards
Raymond Macharia