RIP Jon Postel

From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin_at_jps.net>
Date: Sun Oct 18 02:15:17 1998

At 17:27 17-10-98 -0500, you wrote:

        <snip>

>I am saddened and dismayed to read of Jon's death...

        As am I. If for no other reason than his efforts in helping to create what
we know as the 'Internet' today.

         <snip again>

>Mr. Postel's passing is a sad thing, but some will be glad...

        <sour look> Yeah. The spammers and the DMA...

        <sigh> Perhaps that was uncalled for, perhaps not. I still believe that
the single biggest mistake in the entire history of the Internet was made
when NSF threw open the barn doors wide, as it were, with absolutely zero
consideration of who might be infesting the thing.

        Anyway... God keep you, Jon. I, for one, will still do my darndest to kick
anyone who spams me off the face of the 'net... permanently!


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Received on Sun Oct 18 1998 - 02:15:17 BST

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