[ih] Internet History Project (was XEROX/PUP and Commercialization (was Re: FYI - Gordon Crovitz/WSJ on "Who Really Invented the Internet?")

[dhc2 at dcrocker.net (Dave Crocker)]

On 7/26/2012 10:49 AM, Jack Haverty wrote:
> The CBI and others do a good job but they tend to be focused on the
> history of the technology.  I think that "Internet History" should
> encompass more than the technical aspects, but should include how the
> technology came out of the labs and diffused into the larger picture
> to become an infrastructure of humanity.


In terms of methodology, there is an important difference between 
one-on-one formal interviews of individual principals, versus a 
discussion amongst multiple principals.

I think the latter is likely to do better at getting a view of the 
processes, such as Jack describes, as well as the tensions about the 
history.

d/

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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
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