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Shigeki Goto’s Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Shigeki Goto

I learned a les­son. It’s accept­able to give up one dream. Still, there should be some­thing for us to con­tribute to human soci­ety. In my life, that was the Internet.

Tadao Takahashi’s Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Tadao Takahashi

Looking at Brazil again thir­ty years lat­er, we see the very same sit­u­a­tion. And the ques­tion is what to do. The whole coun­try has been wait­ing to see when and how recov­ery will begin, polit­i­cal, eco­nom­ic and so on.

Nabil Bukhalid’s Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Nabil Bukhalid

Despite all odds, with a group of friends at the uni­ver­si­ty, we were look­ing into solu­tions to break the iso­la­tion of AUB from the aca­d­e­m­ic envi­ron­ment in the US. So we start­ed to look into connectivity. 

Mike Jensen’s Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Mike Jensen

I am deeply hon­ored to be part of this year’s inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame and the twenty-fifth anniver­sary of the Internet Society, an orga­ni­za­tion that has done so much to fur­ther the goals of an open and broadly-available Internet. I think we have a long way to go still.

Jianping Wu’s Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Jianping Wu

I would like to thank the nom­i­nees and the selec­tion com­mit­tee for their nom­i­na­tion and the selec­tion. I believe that they do not present this hon­or to me but also to all of the Chinese Internet sci­en­tists and engi­neers, the CERNET team, and Tsinghua University.

Florencio Utreras’ Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Florencio Utreras

During all this time, many of you have been involved in devel­op­ing the Internet and mak­ing it the tool of many phas­es. From aca­d­e­m­ic col­lab­o­ra­tion, to busi­ness and shop­ping. From social inter­ac­tion, to democ­ra­cy pro­mo­tion. In short, to all feats of human activ­i­ty. We have gone from the pro­mo­tion of con­nec­tiv­i­ty to a connectivity-dependent soci­ety, and many could feel that the job is done.

Ermanno Pietrosemoli’s Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Ermanno Pietrosemoli

My grat­i­tude to the International Center for Theoretical Physics, which in 1990 held the first net­work­ing school that was the inspi­ra­tion for the cre­ation of EsLaRed, and for the con­tin­u­ing sup­port offered ever since to out institution.

Ira Fuchs’ Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Ira Fuchs

People have asked me, Why did you cre­ate BITNET?” Well, the truth­ful answer is I was envi­ous of ARPANET users. They had access to the most excit­ing tech­nol­o­gy at the time. But ARPANET, as you know, was only avail­able to a rel­a­tive­ly small group of devel­op­ers and researchers. And we did­n’t know if it would ever be made avail­able to others.

Jaap Akkerhuis’ Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Jaap Akkerhuis

It’s kind of excit­ing to be here. And being the first, but that’s what you get when your name starts with an A, I guess. 

Tracy LaQuey Parker’s Internet Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Speech

presented by Tracy LaQuey Parker

I often think back to my life before I start­ed using the Internet. Well basi­cal­ly I had a life. But once I sat down at a Sun work­sta­tion at the University of Texas in 1988, I was com­plete­ly hooked. And I’ve been addict­ed ever since.

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