Francois Flückiger
"... But it was not that easy! The communication protocols war raged in Europe from 1983 to 1992. Most governments opposed internet technology, ...
I had the honour of convening in Geneva the very first meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Network (CCIRN) in May 1988. ...
The second meeting took place in October 1988 at a summer resort in Western Virginia, sad and grey this particular autumn. The Americans turned up in force. ...
Towards the end of the meeting the Americans, led by Vint Cerf, became insistent...
On my return from West Virginia, Olivier Martin and I called a meeting at CERN ... to promote the idea of a structure to coordinate IP networks in Europe, ... Time was pressing.
This founding meeting took place at CERN in December 1988, in a small office of building 600."
Francois Flückiger convened in November 1988 the founding meeting that led to the creation of Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE).
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