Proposal for the development of a national communication service for on-line data processing
15 December 1965 [ Davies04.pdf ]
Continued ...
- Invoicing, delivery notes, etc.
- Booking of transport
- Banking, establishing credit
- Remote access to national records, e.g. MPNI, tax, police, medical, on a secure basis
- Betting
We don't think we have to give the present day Internet services that correspond to some of the items in the above list. If you ask somebody to note down the things we can do on Internet, a list similar to above would come out.
The Internet services we take for granted, was predicted by Davies in Dec. 1965. He had a true vision of present day Internet and had the technical capability to build the proposed "Message Communication Network".
He circulated this proposal widely among those who he knew were interested such as Banks and the UK Post Office. The reaction was generally appreciative but not enthusiastic. Unfortunately, Davies's design received minimal funding.
