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Van Jacobson: Getting NSFNet off the Ground

By Charles Severance

By Charles Severance on
May 1, 2012

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Computer's multimedia editor Charles Severance captures a video interview with Van Jacobson on the creation of the National Science Foundation network in the 1980s. From Computer's Issue 5, Vol 45 - May 2012
Charles SeveranceCharles Severance About Charles Severance Charles Severance is a clinical associate professor and teaches in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, and served as Computer's multimedia editor until 2018. Follow him on Twitter @drchuck or contact him at csev@umich.edu.
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