Re: IMP and FC6 System <OT>

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On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 14:00 +0200, Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Ric Moore kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 2. 
> maaliskuuta 2007):
> > On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 21:26 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > > IMP (Internet Messaging Program) - reasonable acronym
> >
> > Sure it's reasonable to folks who don't feel like ole Irv
> > deserves anything. Why not? He's dead anyways. Right? He sure
> > couldn't complain.
> 
> The first use of acronym IMP in computer communications was the 
> Interface Message Processor, the packet switch for early 
> Arpanet:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Message_Processor
> http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_imp.htm
> First IMPs went on-line late 1969, 4 years before the first 
> version of CP/M booted.
> 
> Irv Hoff deserves the credit for his communication program, but 
> not for the TLA he re-used as its name.
Thanks for the heads up, I stand corrected. :) Ric

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