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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to General Programming Discussion@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to General Programming Discussion@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.
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    I guessing he never become rich, despite having an enormous impact on the tech landscape.

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      If anyone thinks that’s how capitalism works, I have a bridge to sell you.

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      No but others surely got rich off of his work

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