I’ve watched the Internet grow from its beginning … I would never have imagined that 20 years later we’d have such a plethora of different network technologies. Even more astonishing is the enormous number of independently managed but nonetheless interconnected networks that make up the current network. And somewhat beyond comprehension is that it seems to work.
Predictor: Crocker, Steve
Prediction, in context:Steve Crocker makes the following remark in a 1991 autobiography he wrote for the Internet Society: ”I’ve watched the Internet grow from its beginning. At UCLA we had the privilege of being node 1 of the Arpanet. In those days, several of us dreamed of very high-quality intercomputer connections and very rich protocols to knit the computers together. Some of the those concepts are stilled discussed and anticipated today under the names remote visualization, distributed file systems, etc. On the other hand, I would never have imagined that 20 years later we’d have such a plethora of different network technologies. Even more astonishing is the enormous number of independently managed but nonetheless interconnected networks that make up the current network. And somewhat beyond comprehension is that it seems to work.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Requests For Comments
Title, headline, chapter name: Who’s Who in the Internet 4.8 Dr. Stephen Crocker, IETF Security Area Director
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1251.html
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