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with respect, it contributed immensely. USENET traced a lineage to PLATO notesfiles. That was the http equivalent until http came along.
by felixgallo 4y ago
with respect, it contributed immensely. USENET traced a lineage to PLATO notesfiles. That was the http equivalent until http came along.
- AlbertCory 4y agoHow many entries in the RFC index have PLATO developers as authors? It sounds like there should be a few, at least.
- TMWNN 4y ago>USENET traced a lineage to PLATO notesfiles. I am aware of no such connection. Usenet is a product of Duke and UNC, not UIUC. More to the point, its specifications are very similar to that of the near-contemporaneous SMTP. AlbertCory mentions RFCs; both Usenet and SMTP are fully described in various RFCs. PLATO is not. PLATO did inspire Lotus Notes; Ray Ozzie attended UIUC.
- AlbertCory 4y agoYeah, like you I'm just challenging the claim that they contributed to the Internet. OP claimed some credit for USENET, and I said "OK, then what RFCs did they contribute to?" I never really thought about PLATO being described in an RFC. But "the internet" is: TCP, SMTP, DNS, SNMP, Telnet, FTP, BGP, etc. etc. "Intellectual influence" ? Sure, ok, but usually that would show up as citations in other publications.