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							References:

(a) The Internet gets a hall of fame (yes including Al Gore)
Ryan Singel, Wired, April 24, 2012
<http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/tech/web/internet-hall-of-
fame/index.html>

Dear Mr. Ryan Singel:

(1) I read Reference (a) above with great interest. I would like to add
the following comments.

I. Grand Father of Internet (see ATTACHMENT I below):

(2) If you call Vint Cerf as the “Father” of Internet, I have to add Paul
Baran as the “Grand Father” of Internet.

This is because Vint’s TCP/IP is based on “packet-switching” technology,
which was invented by Paul Baran while he was at Rand Corporation,
though its naming was made by Donald W. Davies in the U.K. (see
ATTACHMENT I below).

Paul was such a humble person who left his following word;

      “On Technological Development:
      The process of technological development is like building a
      cathedral…. New people come along and each lays down a block
      on top of the old foundations, each saying, “I built a cathedral.”
      Next… another block is placed atop the previous one. Then comes
      along an historian who asks, “Well, who built the cathedral?”… If
      you are not careful you can con yourself into believing that you
      did the most important part. But the reality is that each
      contribution has to follow onto previous work. Everything is tied
      to everything else.”
      Rand Corporation, calendar, June 2012, -- based on interview,
      Menlo Park, Calif., March 5, 1990
II. Initialization of Global Internet, Extension of Telenet (a
    commercial version of ARPANET, the predecessor of Internet) to
    Japan, De-regulation of the Japanese telecom policies for the use
    of email, de-monopolization and privatization of Japanese
    telecom industries, “Global Lecture Hall (GLH)” video-
    conferencing, promotion of e-learning and e-healthcare,
    Laureate of prestigious Perry Award for the Excellence on
    distance learning, etc. (see ATTACHMENT II below):

(3) In the 1970s to early 80s, I struggled with my own time, effort and
fund on these issues, which were emulated by many other countries, as
resulting more than 2.5 billion email users and several billion cell-phone
users around the world nowadays, which brought the downfall of
Marcos regime in the Philippines, Arab Spring, etc..

I then received the prestigious Perry Award for the Excellence on
distance learning. The two-year senior of the same award was Sir
Arthur C. Clarke, the inventor of satellite telecommunications.

III. Initiator of Broadband Internet (see ATTACHMENT III below):

(4) Your article missed to mention of the initiator of the current
broadband Internet, Dr. Thomas Mensah.

Best, Tak
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                         ATTACHMENT I

     References on the Origin of Packet-switching Technology:

(1) Baran, P. (1964), “On Distributed Communications Networks,” IEEE
Trans., Vol. CS-12, No. 1, March
<http://tinyurl.com/2jmdwg>

(2) Malik, R. (1977), "In person: Packet-switching's Unsung Hero," New
Scientist, Vol. 75, No. 1068, September 8
<http://tinyurl.com/2kba4p>
(3) Franklin Institute, (2000), “Benjamin Franklin, Bower Aware
Laureates Announced: Internet Pioneer Paul Baran wins $250,000,”
NEWS RELEASE, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
January 23
<http://tinyurl.com/yufaks>

(4) Franklin Institute, (2001), “Investigating the Work of Paul Baran,”
The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 26 April
<http://tinyurl.com/ywxcm5>

(5) Davies, D. W. (2001), “An Historical Study of the Beginnings of
Packet Switching,” The Computer Journal, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp 152-162
(BCS copy.pdf, 16.7 MB)
<http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Origin of P-S Tech./BCS
copy.pdf>

(6) Guernsey, L. (2001), “An Unimaginable Emergency Put
Communications to the Test,” The New York Times, September 2001
<http://tinyurl.com/d5nx6et>

(7) Baran, P. (2002), “The Beginnings of Packet Switching: Some
Underlying Concepts,” IEEE Communications Magazine, pp 42-48, July
<http://tinyurl.com/2d3sk6>

(8) (20110328) "Paul Baran, Internet Pioneer, Dies at 84," the man who
changed the world.
<http://tinyurl.com/3pnkscj>
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                         ATTACHMENT II

                            References on,
      Initialization of Global Internet, Extension of Telenet (a
  commercial version of ARPANET, the predecessor of Internet) to
Japan, De-regulation of the Japanese telecom policies for the use of
  email, de-monopolization and privatization of Japanese telecom
    industries, “Global Lecture Hall (GLH)” video-conferencing,
 promotion of e-learning and e-healthcare, Laureate of prestigious
     Perry Award for the Excellence on distance learning, etc.
(1) Two blogs by Tak Utsumi in; “ARPANET's coming out party: when
the Internet first took center stage,” By Matthew Lasar, Ars technica
<http://tinyurl.com/6jtd4jl>

(2) Utsumi, T., “Chapter 1:
 Personal Recollections on the Inceptions of
Peace Gaming and Global University System,” in “Draft of of Proposed
Book
 "Electronic Global University System and Services,"
<http://tinyurl.com/lyysx>

(3) Utsumi, T., “Chapter 2:
 Global Lecture Hall (GLH),” in “Draft of
Proposed Book
 "Electronic Global University System and Services,"
<http://tinyurl.com/6r8c63>

(4) Utsumi T., “Acceptance Speech of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in
Distance Education,” <http://tinyurl.com/36amstr>, November, 1994

(5) Utsumi, T., (2008), "Development History of Peace Gaming and
Global University System," (September 7, 2008)
<http://tinyurl.com/bdcjha>

(6) Letter to T. Utsumi from the US Dept. of Commerce on “Deregulation
of Japanese Telecom Policy for the Use of Email,” April 6, 1982,”
<http://tinyurl.com/2e2o7rc>

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                         ATTACHMENT III

            References on Initiator of Broadband Internet:

(1) Biography of Thomas Mensah, Inventor of Fiber Optics
Manufacturing Technology <http://tinyurl.com/6qpnmfl>

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