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RFC2468: I remember Jon Postel, by Vint Cerf

• wpietri 15y ago
  I never knew him personally, but I definitely felt the loss. I happened upon the Internet in the late 80s, a wide-eyed college freshman, and the early RFCs taught me a lot about systems design and protocol design. More than that, they taught me to see the Internet as an endlessly collaborative process. There was no central king-like authority. We were all in it together, figuring it out as we went. We still are. For that, I owe Jon Postel a debt of gratitude. I always will.
• xedd 15y ago
  Thank you for making this post, Luyt. It is a good thing to be reminded of those who did so much to make the present day what it is for us.
• sanxiyn 15y ago
  "Jonathan B. Postel, our Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, friend, engineer, confidant, leader, icon, and now, first of the giants to depart from our midst."
• Getahobby 15y ago
  Folks, these are the shoulders we are all standing on. Let's try not to mess it up too badly.