• DocumentCode
    1439794
  • Title

    Privatizing the Internet: Competing Visions and Chaotic Events, 1987–1995

  • Author

    Abbate, Janet

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Sci. & Technol. in Soc., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    22
  • Abstract
    The US National Science Foundation played a key role in the history of the Internet by overseeing its transition from government to private operation. In the process, NSF was forced to balance the competing visions of scientists, politicians, and private industry. This article describes the conflicts, trade-offs, and unexpected events that led to a technical and social transformation of the Internet.
  • Keywords
    Internet; social aspects of automation; Internet privatization; Internet social transformation; Internet technical transformation; US National Science Foundation; chaotic event; politicians visions; private industry visions; scientists visions; unexpected event; Chaos; Collaboration; Computer network management; Financial management; History; IP networks; Internet; Power generation economics; Privatization; US Government; Al Gore; Internet; NREN; NSFnet; networking; privatization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2010.24
  • Filename
    5430757
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1439794