On Tuesday 30 December 2008 22:13:45 Rikard Johnels wrote:
We have the internet because of Michael Michael (Michael James Riconosciuto). Tymesharing, the early form of communicating between computers over voice capable lines, was named after his company, Tymeshare. He was 18, it was 1965 when his company together with Dartmouth College got two computers communicating from coast to coast.
So even if its a bit OT, its still relevant for all of us, as we couldnt flame eachother here without his initial work...
That's right, Tymeshare built Tymenet. Tymenet was one of the five nets that was connected to make the internet. I've been trying to find sometype of address for them to put in a new resume, but it seems that they are out of business. That's what I'll put on the resume "out of business". :( JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org