DistOS 2019F 2019-09-9

Readings

The Early Internet:

• Robert E. Kahn, "Resource-Sharing Computer Communications Networks" (1972) (DOI)
• Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing (1972) - video

Discussion Questions

• What were the capabilities of computers and communications networks in the early 1970's?
• How did the phone network compare to the nascent Internet?
• What were the motivations for building the early Internet?
• What scale were they envisioning for the network?
• What sort of hardware was required to connect to the network?
• How did their vision match up with what the Internet is used for today?
• What surprised you? What was hard to understand?