The biggest long-range problem is how the Internet will be managed. Before, it was sort of an insiders’ club and there was no formal structure. The effort now is to try to promote the Internet Society (a nonprofit organization formed this January) as an overall umbrella.
Predictor: Chapin, Lyman
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article in Network World, Ellen Messmer poses the following question to Lyman Chapin, “What are the long-range problems and opportunities for the Internet?” Chapin answers: ”The biggest long-range problem is how the Internet will be managed. Before, it was sort of an insiders’ club and there was no formal structure. The effort now is to try to promote the Internet Society (a nonprofit organization formed this January) as an overall umbrella to include the IAB as well as the IETF and the IRTF, both chartered by the IAB. By incorporating ourselves in the Internet Society, we want to formulate our independence. Going back some years, the IAB was an advisory board implicitly beholden to the Federal Networking Council. The IAB is independent from the federal agencies. The proposal for incorporation is published on the Internet as a request for comment and will be presented to the Internet Board of Trustees of the Internet Society on June 16. There will be a vote of the members of the board of trustees on whether to accept (it).”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Network World
Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Architect Gives Long-Term View
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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