• DocumentCode
    1156406
  • Title

    ´Rough Consensus and Running Code´ and the Internet-OSI Standards War

  • Author

    Russell, Andrew L.

  • Author_Institution
    Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    61
  • Abstract
    Internet historians recognize the technical achievements but often overlook the bureaucratic innovations of Internet pioneers. The phrase, "We reject: kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code," was coined by David Clark in 1992. This article explains how the phrase captured the technical and political values of Internet engineers during a crucial phase in the Internet\´s growth
  • Keywords
    Internet; open systems; standardisation; Internet architecture; Internet standardisation; OSI standards; Open Systems Interconnection; Access protocols; Code standards; Computer architecture; IP networks; ISO standards; Internet; Satellite broadcasting; Standards publication; TCPIP; Voting; Internet standards; history of computing; organizations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2006.42
  • Filename
    1677461
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1156406