Jon Postel
Jon Postel
Jonathan Bruce Postelwas an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Commentdocument series, and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authorityuntil his death. In his lifetime he was known as the "god of the Internet" for his comprehensive influence on the medium...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth6 August 1943
CountryUnited States of America
One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems.
Being in the limelight has its minuses.
There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.
The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted.
Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.
All this stuff was done via FTP but the web has put a really nice user interface on it.
I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet.
Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.