Internet Hall of Fame 2012 (Page 3 of 3)

Steve Crocker’s Internet Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Speech

presented by Steve Crocker

We had to choose a name for the oper­at­ing sys­tem for our net­work. We checked var­i­ous things— We had a Sigma 7, we went Sigma 7 Executive, 7 Executive, just SEX. First post on the ARPANET, we put sex on the Internet. It’s documented.

Steve Crocker’s Internet Hall of Fame 2012 Profile

presented by Steve Crocker

I’ve been involved with the Internet Society for vir­tu­al­ly its entire life. Years ago, I had the good for­tune to be involved with the ear­ly days of the ARPANET and played a small role in help­ing build some of the tech­nol­o­gy, and in build­ing some of the social struc­tures that brought every­body together.

Tan Tin Wee’s Internet Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Speech

presented by Tan Tin Wee

I feel so unde­serv­ing, and as they say, them more you reward the unde­serv­ing the hard­er they will work in the future. So I have a lot of work cut out for me going ahead in the future.

Tim Berners-Lee’s Internet Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Speech

presented by Tim Berners-Lee

People are amazed at the growth of the Web, but the growth of the Internet, that was actu­al­ly what hap­pened from zero. So the things that you guys have done from this have been the way that we have learned.

Vint Cerf’s Internet Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Speech

presented by Vint Cerf

You know, I got to think­ing about—Tan Tin Wee beat me to this anal­o­gy but I’m going to use it any­way. If the ARPANET cre­at­ed atoms, then the Internet cre­at­ed mol­e­cules. And Tim Berners-Lee cre­at­ed DNA. And after that, it was just life in all its vari­a­tions.  So now I final­ly fig­ured out, what is it that …read the full transcript.

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