OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/18512/Interview_Vint_Cerf Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:14:32 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Snapping up the talent http://osnews.com/thread?266017 http://osnews.com/thread?266017 Is there a 'founding father' of some kind of computer related technology that isn't employed by Google? Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jessta) Comments RE: Snapping up the talent http://osnews.com/thread?266019 http://osnews.com/thread?266019 Yep. Look at a bunch of folks that work at Sun, like James Gosling. The engineers that work at nVidia are great examples too.Edited 2007-08-27 13:06 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (binarycrusader) Comments RE[2]: Snapping up the talent http://osnews.com/thread?266024 http://osnews.com/thread?266024 Here's a revised version of the question:

Is there a computer related technology with none of it's founders employed by Google?


PS. Anyone who refers to Al Gore in this thread will be instantly banned from Bbbzzzaassshhhhhh.... SIGNAL LOST Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BBlalock) Comments RE[3]: Snapping up the talent http://osnews.com/thread?266045 http://osnews.com/thread?266045 ...and my answer remains the same.

Look at the inventors of the transistor, ethernet, 3d technology, etc. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (binarycrusader) Comments RE[3]: Snapping up the talent http://osnews.com/thread?266086 http://osnews.com/thread?266086 Charles Babbage wasn't employed by Google, nor Alan Turing ;) - of course when Google Time Machine is invented... Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc) Comments IPv6 http://osnews.com/thread?266113 http://osnews.com/thread?266113
With its 128 bits of address space ..., there will be ample address space for the foreseeable future.


Statements like that are almost always infamously short sighted. But in this case, it seems like an exaggerated understatement.

My rough math suggests there will be 6.7E23 addresses per square meter of the earth's surface. We could even reserve a good portion of the total for the Moon, Mars and elsewhere. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (KenJackson) Comments RE: Snapping up the talent http://osnews.com/thread?266228 http://osnews.com/thread?266228 Yes, plenty. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE: IPv6 http://osnews.com/thread?266363 http://osnews.com/thread?266363 I've noticed a trend. With IPv6, 64 bit filesystems, and 48 bit memory addressing (expandable to 64 bit), the industry has finally gotten past its earlier "let's implement this hack to add 4 bits and increase the maximum by a factor of 16" roots.

Hard to believe it took so many decades for us to figure out that resources, and resource requirements, are increasing in a geometric fashion. ;-) Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments