Re: A revolution in Internet point-of-view - Was Re: Internet analyses (Was Re: IPv8...)
Dave Crocker via Internet-history <[email protected]>
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On 4/30/2026 7:28 AM, Tony Li wrote: > Backhoes happen. Not Internet history, but since it involved Vint and me and your reference.,.. Fall of 1983 had the first public demonstration of MCI Mail. 9 month project that should have taken 2 years, but we met the deadline. Massive party afterwards, with champagne -- well, ok, only freixenet cava -- flowing even in the street. (Some of us drank some out on M street.) At one point, I was on the phone back to the Naperville, IL, where the servers were based, sharing the feeling with one of the lead operators. She was every bit as drunk as I was. No idea what we were talking about but she stopped and said "oh. it just got dark. and it's so quiet." Backhoe, only a few hours after massive public demo of the service. And as I recall, the generators did not kick in. d/ -- Dave Crocker [email protected] bluesky: @dcrocker.bsky.social mast: @[email protected] +1.408.329.0791 Volunteer, Silicon Valley Chapter Northern California Coastal Region Information & Planning Coordinator American Red Cross [email protected] -- Internet-history mailing list [email protected] https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history - Unsubscribe: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9b6ef0621638436ab0a9b23cb0668b0b?The%20list%20to%20be%20unsubscribed%20from=Internet-history