The prediction, in brief:

One of the most important things I see is putting an end to what I call the protocol wars. The Internet is an inherently multiprotocol environment. The Internet includes X.400 and X.500 directions, and some OSI packet-switching in CLNP. [I suggest we] think of the evolution of the Internet as something independent of the protocol suite [and that] we talk about a multiprotocol Internet rather than just TCP/IP.

Predictor: Chapin, Lyman

Prediction, in context:

In a 1992 Network World article, Ellen Messmer interviews Lyman Chapin, chief network architect for BBN Communications Corp. and chairman of the Network Working Group’s Internet Activities Board. The IAB sets Internet standards and reviews the operations of two subsidiary groups, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Messmer quotes Chapin saying:”One of the most important things I see is putting an end to what I call the protocol wars. The Internet is an inherently multiprotocol environment. The Internet includes X.400 and X.500 directions, and some OSI packet-switching in CLNP. [I suggest we] think of the evolution of the Internet as something independent of the protocol suite [and that] we talk about a multiprotocol Internet rather than just TCP/IP.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1992

Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure

Subtopic: Protocols

Name of publication: Network World

Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Architect Gives Long-Term View; Lyman Chapin, IAB Chairman, Highlights Critical Issues Involved in Running the World’s Largest Net

Quote Type: Partial quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 37

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne