Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!VAX.DARPA.MIL!PERRY From: PERRY@VAX.DARPA.MIL (Dennis G. Perry) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: TWG on MILNET? Message-ID: <553860812.0.PERRY@VAX.DARPA.MIL> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 06:13:32 EDT Article-I.D.: VAX.553860812.0.PERRY Posted: Tue Jul 21 06:13:32 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 06:41:54 EDT References: <8707201229.AA06551@saturn.mitre.org> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 16 I suppose the reason the TWG will be homed on the Milnet instead of the Arpanet is that the sponsor suggested the Milnet. Remember that someone in the government pay for every connection to the Milnet or the Arpanet. The Arpanet cost me about $3500 per port connection per month. I am not sure what the Milnet connections cost. Yes, there is a fuzzing of the lines between Milnet and Arpanet. As turnover at the DDN PMO more and more of the history of the Arpanet and the reason for the split into the Milnet and Arpanet is lost, and therefore the definition of why each exists is lost. A strong tendency exists already to consider them as equal nets, with little distinction between them or little appreciation of what the experimental Arpanet can do for the operational Milnet. dennis -------