TCP/IP was written in 1974 by Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn. Starting in
1980 it took 3 years to convert ARPANET to the standard.
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> From: Michael George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 06:43
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> On Jun 07, Robert Canary wrote:
> >
> > And MS did not develop the TCP/IP contrary to popular belief. IBM did.
>
> I don't think this is the case, but I could be mis-remembering.
> I think it
> was Vint Cerf and other academics that designed the protocol. And I think
> they were working under a government grant.
>
> Anyone else remember history on this better than I? I don't want
> to have to
> dig out my old Internetworking textbooks...
>
> -Michael
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