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Interview with Sun's Tim Bray and Radia Perlman

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-a-bit-old-school dept.

ReadWriteWeb writes "To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the World Wide Web, Richard MacManus interviewed two senior engineers from Sun Microsystems - Tim Bray (Director of Web Technologies) and Radia Perlman (Distinguished Engineer). The interview discusses the past and future of the Web, including the impact that Sun's servers have had over the years. Also discussed is the reason why Tim and Radia believe that P2P won't be a driving force on the Web going forward. Radia thinks that having central sites where people can register is key to making the Web scalable and more secure."

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  1. Re:And I thought... by mrogers · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a difference between decentralising the infrastructure and decentralising the control. Radia Perlman's thesis is a good example: a robust, decentralised routing protocol made possible by a centralised PKI.

  2. Re:Oh I get it by dc.wander · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wouldn't be so condescending about the suggestion... Radia Perlman has accomplished more for modern networking and the internet that you probably will in your lifetime. She is more than just a "sun employee." She is inteventer of the Spanning Tree Protocol amoung other things http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanning_tree_protoco l.

    Maybe check out her book, Interconnections, on Amazon to get a feel for the type of work she does.