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“I can't say I'm particularly happy about all the spam and the viruses and the equivalent that we see on the Net, but I think technology can deal with many of the problems that we're now seeing, whether it's filtering or whatever, and laws may help a lot.”

Quote by Robert E. Kahn

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Robert E. Kahn is a renowned electrical engineer, born on December 23, 1938. He has made groundbreaking contributions to the field of computer networking, particularly in the invention of the TCP/IP protocol. Kahn's work has had a profound impact on the development of the internet. more

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