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Yes it is true, unfortunately http://www.techserver.com/newsroom/ntn/info/101898/info14_3727.html Henry R. Linneweh William S. Duncanson wrote: > According to CNN.com: > > Internet pioneer Jon Postel dies at 55 > > Jon Postel, the computer pioneer who wielded enormous influence over technical > details of the Internet, died of complications from heart surgery in Los > Angeles on Saturday. Postel was considered by the White House as a crucial > player in the future of the global computer network. Although he was scarcely > known outside computer circles, Postel served as director of the Internet > Assigned Numbers Authority, which matched unique numerical addresses for > computers on the Internet with its millions of web addresses. > > William S. Duncanson [email protected] > The driving force behind the NC is the belief that the companies who brought us > things like Unix, relational databases, and Windows can make an appliance that > is inexpensive and easy to use if they choose to do that. -- Scott Adams -- ��4i1�
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