bob is correct; I left ARPA in Oct 1972 to join MCI. vint At 07:49 PM 12/20/2002 +0000, Bob Braden wrote: >In my recent message about the creation of the Internet by the >conversion of the ARPAnet from NCP to TCP/IP, I incorrectly named Vint >Cerf as the Responsible Parent at ARPA. Actually, the Responsible >Parent at ARPA during conversion was Bob Kahn; Vint had left ARPA for >MCI before that date. There are enough slightly-incorrect "facts" >about the early history of the Internet floating around, without my >inadvertantly creating a new non-fact! > >Bob Braden Vint Cerf SVP Architecture & Technology WorldCom 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115 Ashburn, VA 20147 703 886 1690 (v806 1690) 703 886 0047 fax