The Register: TechScape: Vint Cerf on how the internet was born The man himself recollects... Interview The Register will be publishing three TechScape exclusive interviews with Vint Cerf over the next few weeks. In this first interview, we examine Cerf's story as one of the undisputed originators of the internet.

What, I asked Cerf, was the greatest threat to what they were doing? "The greatest threat to the internet," Cerf cleared his throat, "was a new initiative called OSI which was a seven-layer architecture format that I didn't think would work.

well, as far as i understood the story so far not all protocols worked, but the model of the layer system is still in use for having a common language.