I just went to Len's homepage, and from what I can tell, based on the research and reading that I've done, the story as put forth in his bio is accurate. Licklider had forseen a worldwide (actually, galactic) network where information was accessible to anyone, anywhere. Kleinrock did describe how packet switching would work in his dissertation. Plus, the UCLA team was under his command. ARPA was under Bob Taylor (later to run PARC), but Taylor's job was to assemble the people to make it happen, and Kleinrock was one of them. If you get a chance to see the PBS series, Kleinrock is interviewed several times. You probably don't know his name because most of the guys from ARPA and PARC are unknowns. They are responsible for inventing most of today's computer technology, but other guys were much better at exploiting their inventions and assuming credit for them (not to mention anybill's name.....) Paul Braun NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you. nerdware(a)laidbak.com www.laidbak.com/nerdware