Hi John, (01)
Were you able to get in touch with Vint last week? I haven't heard
anything back from Vint but am hoping he will be able to assist us in
contacting the appropriate people at MCI/Verizon. (02)
Jonathan (03)
Philip Gust wrote:
> You had mentioned earlier that you and Vint know each other well.
> That's why I thought a casual note from you thanking him for agreeing
> to help us wouldn't be out of the ordinary. He is a very busy
> person, so I think that a personal touch would be very helpful.
>
> Here's the note that I sent Ken. I inadvertently CCd the
> nls-archives list rather than the nls-legal list, so you didn't have
> the opportunity to see it on January 26th. Ken forwarded this note,
> together with a similar one that Jonathan Cheyer wrote about the same
> time, on to Vint. He told Ken that he would see what he could do.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help with this, and also for sending the
> letter to BT. Will you be able to get the letter off this week?
>
> >Ken,
> >
> >As you know, I've been working on the legal side on behalf of the Software
> >Collection Committee of the Computer History Museum to secure the
> >copyrights and other IP for NLS/Augment on behalf of CHM. Our goal is to
> >release it to the public domain so that people can study the system.
> >Doug Engelbart fully supports this effort.
> >
> >After a number of months, we've tracked ownership of NLS/Augment
> >through Boeing to British Telecom. Simon Garrett at BT believes that
> >ownership of NLS/Augment passed with other assets formerly from
> >Tymnet/Tymshare to MCI in 1993-4.
> >
> >Before I approach MCI/Verizon, it would be helpful to have someone on
> >our side who is known and can help us open doors, as Lew Platt did at
> >Boeing. I heard that you are acquainted with Vint Cerf. Would you be
> >willing to brief him on this, and ask him if he'd help us cut through some
> >of the red tape, get to the right person, and advocate for us? He could
> >make a real contribution to this project without taking up too much of his
> >time.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for your help on this.
>
> At 04:40 PM 2/12/2006, John Toole wrote:
>
>>Phil,
>>
>>Vint is at Google...I saw him at dinner a couple of weeks ago...he knows
>>me and us very well. What specifically have you asked him to do? How
>>long ago has this gone to Ken?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>--John
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Philip Gust [mailto:gust@NouveauSystems.com]
>>Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:14 PM
>>To: John Toole
>>Cc: nls-legal@chm.cim3.net
>>Subject: Contact with Vint Cerf
>>
>>John,
>>
>>Jonathan and I contacted Ken Harrenstein about helping us contact
>>Vint Cerf, and asking him to open some doors at Verizon legal about
>>NLS/Augment. Ken forwarded the request on and reported that Vint
>>agreed to help.
>>
>>I'd appreciate it if you could drop Vint a quick note to lend your
>>encouragement, and let him know how much the Museum appreciate his
>>help. I'm not sure I mentioned Lew Platt's help or how instrumental
>>it was in my note, but it couldn't hurt for you to mention it in yours.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>Philip Gust
>>Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>>
>>phone: +1 650 961-7992
>>fax: +1 520 843-7217
>>
>>
>>mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com
>
>
>
> Philip Gust
> Nouveau Systems, Inc.
>
> phone: +1 650 961-7992
> fax: +1 520 843-7217
>
>
> mailto: gust@NouveauSystems.com
>
>
>
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