Re: Inventor of the Internet Technology / Father of Modern Day Ne tworking

Wayne Bouchard wrote:

Well, the question these days is who holds the patent on it? :-)

IBM. Circa 1992, they patented every network that communicates with a wireless network, specifically mentioning TCP/IP. Oh, and they also patented a system of names indirectly referencing the location information, that is, DNS.... A fellow named Charlie Perkins, who at a Boston session in 1994 explained that at the time, he'd never heard of the IETF. WSimpson@UMich.edu Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32