[ih] anybody know the history of the group at NCSA that developed Mosaic & HTTPd?

[paul at redbarn.org (Paul Vixie)]

Brian E Carpenter wrote:
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> The first server in the US was set up by Paul Kunz at SLAC. As far as I
> know he did it because he wanted to, not because anybody approved it.

everywhere i worked in the 1980's we hid our internet related costs in 
the phone bill and stonewalled the auditors if any. i remember the day 
brian reid told me to list gatekeeper.dec.com in my budget request for 
the coming year, and i remember thinking, wow, how far we have come. he 
and richard johnsson had been skunkworking it for years before i arrived.

i think this informs us not just about the history of the internet and 
the nature of disruptive innovation, but something dark about human nature.

-- 
P Vixie