robert w. taylor is to the internet as j. robert oppenheimer is to the a-bomb---and i do mean that in a positive way :-)
both men were instrumental in bringing us into a new age... not through their visions, but through their will and their skill to realize the visions of others
We switched from a small Honeywell (punched cards, batch) to small Dec (terminals, timesharing) in mid 1970s. The Honeywell salesmen went to our companies VP and told him "no one uses time sharing in a business environment" and cut their bid by 50$K but we still recommended and went with Dec.
What a fascinating man! These are the kind of things that are extremely interesting, but strangely are rarely heard about, which is most bizarre considering how huge the internet is nowadays
It is the signal to noise ratio that is in the basement.
At the onset of internetworking the network was self-documenting. How the network worked could be readily discovered by using the network itself. This was without doubt in large part due to the fact that at it's onset there was little else documented and indexed on the network. There are many other gems "out there," filtering the chaff from the wheat can be a challenge.
fantastic report .. congrats =)
michaelpousti 5 months ago
And he plays Civ 4... nice. Even the best of us are not immune to "one....more....turn...."
LeQuack147 10 months ago
robert w. taylor is to the internet as j. robert oppenheimer is to the a-bomb---and i do mean that in a positive way :-)
both men were instrumental in bringing us into a new age... not through their visions, but through their will and their skill to realize the visions of others
C7B27D7B4 1 year ago
Great video.
jtel 1 year ago
@kevinarmstrong Which details would you differ with Bob about? Thanks --todd
toddrockoff 1 year ago
Fascinating interview! However, I am willing to bet Robert Taylor's peers differ with him on some fairly significant details.
kevinarmstrong1 1 year ago
We switched from a small Honeywell (punched cards, batch) to small Dec (terminals, timesharing) in mid 1970s. The Honeywell salesmen went to our companies VP and told him "no one uses time sharing in a business environment" and cut their bid by 50$K but we still recommended and went with Dec.
x246869 1 year ago
Can the Internet booklet be had as PDF or ordered somehow?
adrianjcc 1 year ago
Excellent.
gregcnz 1 year ago
Very interesting to hear this, thank you for uploading this to YT.
rawmonkno1 1 year ago
What a fascinating man! These are the kind of things that are extremely interesting, but strangely are rarely heard about, which is most bizarre considering how huge the internet is nowadays
junka22 1 year ago
@junka22
It is the signal to noise ratio that is in the basement.
At the onset of internetworking the network was self-documenting. How the network worked could be readily discovered by using the network itself. This was without doubt in large part due to the fact that at it's onset there was little else documented and indexed on the network. There are many other gems "out there," filtering the chaff from the wheat can be a challenge.
maskedphrogg 1 year ago