The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet's Time

David Mills, TNY on NTP

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keeping-the-internets-time

There are a few bobbles: the author seems a bit confused over whether NTP is
an Internet RFC or a piece of software, and whether NTP is the IETF's only
concern.  *The New Yorker*'s predilection for diereses in English is rather
comically distracting when ritually applied to the phrase "Coordinated
Universal Time".  Nevertheless, it's a nice read, covering both the
technical issues and the people involved, with a particularly touching
portrait of Mills himself. …

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