RE: IHNP4
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.COM)
Thu, 25 Oct 90 17:59:37 PDT
The BTL Columbus machines, in general, used (and use) the cb*
convention for naming. BTL Indian Hill (just west of Chicago) used
ih* naming. So "ihnp4" was "Indian Hills Network Processor 4". Its
rise to fame was very much the work of Gary M. When he left IH,
ihnp4 dropped its major role in the network very quickly. This
brings up an interesting point, which is that historically, in many
locations, the presence of a major site providing lots of network
mail forwarding functions would be dependent on the work of one or
two people. When those people leave, the machine in question will
often return to relative (or total) obscurity. Another example of
this is Brian Redman and harpo at BTL Whippany...
--Lauren--
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