On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:14:18 -0400 (EDT) Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote:
> Oh hell; now we'll *never* lay the ghost of "packet switching was > invented to create a nuclear-war-survivable network". Maybe you're confusing the invention of packet switching with the creation of the ARPANET? Survivability, particular to "enemy attack", was a prime motivator for Baran's original ideas as published in he IEEE Transactions of Communications 1964 paper. ARPANET's motivation was apparently very different. The Network World article looks to be factually accurate to me. Looks like this was used as a primary source for the article: <http://www.rand.org/about/history/baran.list.html> John
