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> [The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/the-internet-works-because-a-lot-of-people-cooperate-to-do-things/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

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> [I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet. But at the end, that article wasn't very complimentary, because the author suggested that I wasn't doing a very good job, and that I ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/i-think-they-called-me-the-closest-thing-to-a-god-of-the-internet-but/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

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## More by Jon Postel

> [I think that audio and video over the internet in the sense of teleconferencing and telephone calls. Maybe we'll actually have picture phone through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/i-think-that-audio-and-video-over-the-internet-in-the-sense-of/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [Being in the limelight has its minuses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/being-in-the-limelight-has-its-minuses/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [But I do have a computer at home and a pretty good ISDN connection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/but-i-do-have-a-computer-at-home-and-a-pretty-good-isdn-connection/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/a-name-indicates-what-we-seek-an-address-indicates-where-it-is-a/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/tcp-implementations-will-follow-a-general-principle-of-robustness-be/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/there-was-one-issue-on-which-there-seemed-to-be-almost-unanimity-the/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [Be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/be-conservative-in-its-sending-behavior-and-liberal-in-its-receiving/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [The world wide web has really been quite spectacular and not something I would have predicted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/the-world-wide-web-has-really-been-quite-spectacular-and-not/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [All this stuff was done via FTP but the web has put a really nice user interface on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/all-this-stuff-was-done-via-ftp-but-the-web-has-put-a-really-nice/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [But as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there?s going to be a tremendous crunch on the backbones for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/but-as-soon-as-we-got-that-higher-speed-access-to-the-home-there-s/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/group-discussion-is-very-valuable-group-drafting-is-less-productive/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [Everyone should have ten megabits and then the web will be a wonderful thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/everyone-should-have-ten-megabits-and-then-the-web-will-be-a/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/in-a-chemistry-class-there-was-a-guy-sitting-in-front-of-me-doing/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [Then I started graduate school at UCLA. I got a part time research assistant job as a programmer on a project involving the use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/then-i-started-graduate-school-at-ucla-i-got-a-part-time-research/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

> [Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-postel/corporate-documents-like-football-game-plans-are-not-easily-drafted/)

[Jon Postel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-postel/)

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