now for startups. just launched, but dating back already to 1.1.1970 ... anyhow, let's see if their questions find some answers.

the first one provably should be: you should know what ya want.

you have a name in your head for years and all the sudden you see it appear on a panel. wondering if and when and nah, can't be, but french? yes. good chance, the name is seldom and somehow it might, ... can't wait to ask, even the topic was of real interest, biotech and open source ...but in the end, personally the real sur-prize was to hear: "you're talking about my father, pierre aigrain. hah, finally i got the firstname after just knowing there was an aigrain proposal. more and new information to dig. thanks a lot!

it seems acm opened there archive a little bit as there are more documents of the early days freely available; which is a nice and welcome approach.

computer networks in japan, 1976, yoshimi teshigawara

This report was supported by an IBM Corporation grant to THE ALOHA SYSTEM

computer communication networks, approaches, objectives, and performance considerations, stephen r. kimbleton, g. michael schneider

Preparation of this paper was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research, Information Systems Program, under Contract N00014-75-C-0815 (NR 049-311).