i don't understand their list nor the label stepfather.

One big moment that isn't often recognized, he says, is when DARPA -- working with a number of contractors, including Collins Radio, BBN and others -- demonstrated the first successful TCP connection traversing three dissimilar but interconnected networks. November 22, 2007, marked the 30th anniversary of that demo. | bob kahn

ok, i count: there was already a godfather, many fathers, now the stepfather. uncle, anyone?, may they find a mother in all upcoming anniversaries ...