@jherazob@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 5 months agoInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down10cross-posted to: computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialinformatica@feddit.ittechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1442arrow-down1external-linkInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.com@jherazob@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialinformatica@feddit.ittechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@henfredemarslinkEnglish22•edit-25 months agoThis is fascinating because I was reading an article specifically concerned with losing his expertise. Let’s see if I can find it. ARTICLE
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish10•5 months agoI’d be interested in finding out if Harlan Stenn ever finished the paper Mills was putting together about an updated NTP.
minus-squareGreatAlbatrosslinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoWe do now have PTP, which has several big improvements. But it’s a lot more involved to set up.
minus-square@jarfil@beehaw.orgcakelinkfedilink8•5 months ago only a few people appear to be both capable and willing to oversee the critical yet overlooked software I would be willing to become capable… for a fee. (now, less, or more, seriously, what’s going on with the coördination in that article?)
This is fascinating because I was reading an article specifically concerned with losing his expertise. Let’s see if I can find it.
ARTICLE
I’d be interested in finding out if Harlan Stenn ever finished the paper Mills was putting together about an updated NTP.
We do now have PTP, which has several big improvements. But it’s a lot more involved to set up.
I would be willing to become capable… for a fee.
(now, less, or more, seriously, what’s going on with the coördination in that article?)