We need a code repository for original code like this.  Cue the backup
restoration.

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024, 02:59 Royce Williams <royce@techsolvency.com> wrote:

> What is the best public, unambiguous, non-YouTube reference I can cite for
> the late David Mills' initial FTP work?
>
> I see that the wording on his Wikipedia page has the ambiguous phrase "had
> the first implementation of FTP", which has been flagged as needing
> clarification, so I intend to provide it.
>
> In both this interview:
>
> https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/113899/oh403dlm.pdf
>
> ... and this video recording of Mills himself giving a lecture at UDel:
>
> https://youtu.be/08jBmCvxkv4?t=428
>
> ... it's quite clear that it's literally true - he authored, compiled,
> installed, implemented, and tested the very first (and apparently second)
> FTP server. But Wikipedia's guidelines discourage YouTube-only citations,
> and the text in the interview seems insufficiently detailed to have
> citation value.
>
> What is the best reference I can cite?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Royce
>