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From: ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (George Michaelson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: IP in the UK (was Re: Fingering the English)
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.023822.28684@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au>
Date: 19 Jun 91 02:38:22 GMT
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adam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Adam Hamilton) writes:

>	Next message, he will start to tell us again about how the JNT chose
>big-endian domain ordering when little-endian had already been chosen for
>TCP/IP (and for viewers who have missed this endless discussion - they didn't.
>They simply failed to change their minds some months later when the
>opposite decision was made over the pond).

There are more versions of this story than I care to think about. I see
no reason to believe yours over anybody elses. I suggest somebody who
was present at the JNT sponsored meeting(s) of the time should comment.
Were you? I believe Jim Cragie, John Larmouth or Steve Kille are all
qualified to comment (I doubt if they will by choice, this opens old
and ugly wounds).

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just asking that you offer some proof
of correctness for your version.

	-george
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