No it didn't. Cheap microprocessors and memory did. When
we didn't have to use a MicroVAX, things got better fast,
but a true history is seldom inspirational or sells books.
STimBL deserves the knighthood. So does James Clark.
Perhaps so did Mick and Paul, but that isn't a historical
profundity as much as a sign of what a knighthood means
to the folks who make those choices.
len
From: Joshua Allen [mailto:]
This RFC, in 1994, represents a revolution. This RFC, and the thinking
which went into it, changed the world*.
