Claim to Fame: Internet co-architect, TCP/IP co-author
Innovative Interest: Digital Object Architecture, a standard method to define and manage information on the Internet
You'd think that people would rush to follow the wisdom of one of the Internet's inventors, especially when he's proposing a standard protocol that could significantly improve the way digital objects are identified and administered on the Web.
But from personal experience, as Bob Kahn can tell you, there's no clear path to success for those looking to create innovative changes for the Internet. Even the best technologies might languish for years before they become widely accepted.
One of the Internet's founding architects, Kahn knows too well how long it takes for something to become an "overnight" success. A good example is TCP/IP, which Kahn co-authored with Vint Cerf in 1973. Only after years of persistent pushing did the interoperable open standard prevail over existing proprietary solutions such as IBM's SNA to become the lingua franca of the Internet.
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