Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Steve Crocker

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businessman Steve Crocker.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Stephen D. Crocker is the inventor of the Request for Comments series, authoring the first RFC and many more. He attended Van Nuys High School, as did Vint Cerf and Jon Postel. Crocker received his bachelor's degree (1968) and PhD (1977) from the University of California, Los Angeles. Crocker served as chair of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN from 2011 through 2017.

American - Businessman | Born: October 15, 1944

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Seriously, we are in the midst of the convergence of voice and data and that is challenging the infrastructure of the telephone companies. There are huge commercial interests in the basic technology, but even more so in content delivery and control of content.

Steve Crocker

The initial organisation, we called ourselves the Network Working Group, consisted of 6 to 10 people. We then quickly grew to 30 people and then to 50 people.

Steve Crocker

It was immediately clear to me that security was a cross-cutting issue, so rather than dividing the space up in parallel with each of the other areas, I wanted security cut across the areas in addition to having its own content.

Steve Crocker

The Internet has become important on the world's stage.

Steve Crocker

E-mail also changed things in that you don't have to write a full document to discuss something. You can just send an e-mail to a list.

Steve Crocker

Usenet is the last uncensored mass medium.

Steve Crocker

The most important thing for the IETF to do is to continue to organise and manage itself to develop the highest quality technical work and to do so in an efficient and open way that is inviting to new people.

Steve Crocker

We are having Internet Governance discussions and meetings and a very large number of people are discussing the future of the Internet who have no clue as to what the Internet is except that it is important and that they have to be involved.

Steve Crocker

Usenet is 'the last uncensored mass medium.'

Steve Crocker

Today's religion will be the future's mythology. Both believed at one time by many; but proved wrong by the clever.

Steve Crocker

An elegantly organized tour of the Internet, both fun and informative, a rare combination!

Steve Crocker