reminder Vortrag Ronda Hauben

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Die Oesterreichische Computer Gesellschaft und die Abteilung fuer verteilte
Systeme 184-1 der Technischen Universitaet Wien laden herzlich zum

Vortrag in englischer Sprache:

     Lessons from the early MsgGroup Mailing list as a foundation
     for identifying the principles for future Internet governance

Vortragende: Ronda Hauben, USA

Datum: 5. November 1998, 9:30 Uhr


Ort: Technische Universit=E4t Wien
     Seminarraum Argentinierstra=DFe 8, 5.Stock, 1040 Wien




                              Abstract
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        In looking at questions of Internet governance, it is very
important to review the history of where the Internet has come from.=20
This talk will look at one of the earliest mailing lists, MsgGroup,=20
and describe the evolution of this mailing list. Important problems=20
concerning the future growth of the Net faced the ARPANET networking
community in the early 1980's. The discussion on the MsgGroup mailing=20
list during this period helped to identify the problems so they could=20
be solved.
        The talk will then discuss how a similar structure is
needed today to provide for the open discussion and debate of
the problems of Internet growth and development. This is a crucial
component of what is needed for an internationally shared means=20
of Internet governance. When trying to understand how the=20
Internet should be governed, it is very important that the=20
history and evolution of the Internet be studied so that future=20
developments will build on the lessons of the past
(see also http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/ifwp_july25.txt).


Curriculum vitae:
Ronda Hauben is a reseacher who is co-author of "Netizens:=20
On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet", published=20
by the IEEE Computer Society Press in 1997. She has her BA degree=20
from Queens College, and her MA from Tufts University. She has=20
also studied at University of Michigan in Dearborn and Columbia=20
University. She has taught at Stillman College in Alabama and=20
Wheelock College in Massachusetts. Most recently she taught=20
introduction to Internet classes at Columbia University. Ronda is=20
a founding editor and writer for the Amateur Computerist=20
newsletter. Part of the online Internet community since 1988, she=20
has helped to pioneer online research about the evolution and=20
importance of UNIX, Usenet and the Internet. She has presented=20
talks about the history and importance of UNIX and the Internet=20
both at universities and for the public. Articles she has written=20
have appeared in the Amateur Computerist, the Linux Journal,=20
Internet Secrets, README, and other journals and periodicals.