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'''Richard (Rick) Adams''' was the founder of UUNET, which in the 1990s was the world's largest Internet Service Provider [[ISP]]. He was also the founder of [[ISC]]. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Adams_%28Internet_pioneer%29 About Rick Adams]</ref>
'''Richard (Rick) Adams''' was the founder of UUNET, which in the 1990s was the world's largest Internet Service Provider [[ISP]]. He was also the founder of [[ISC|Internet Systems Consortium]]. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Adams_%28Internet_pioneer%29 About Rick Adams]</ref>
==Professional Achievements==
==Professional Achievements==
Rick Adams was responsible for making Internet widely accessible through the implementation of the first Serial Line IP (SLIP) on a world-wide level and of the foundation of UUNET Communication Services.
Rick Adams was responsible for making Internet widely accessible through the implementation of the first Serial Line IP (SLIP) on a world-wide level and of the foundation of UUNET Communication Services.
In 1982 he was the first to run an e-mail link to a machine at the Center for Seismic Studies in Northern Virginia. He was also in charge of B News, the most popular Usenet News transport from that time. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Adams_%28Internet_pioneer%29 Adams' Professional Achievements]</ref>
In 1982 he was the first to run an e-mail link to a machine at the Center for Seismic Studies in Northern Virginia. He was also in charge of B News, the most popular Usenet News transport from that time. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Adams_%28Internet_pioneer%29 Adams' Professional Achievements]</ref>
Rick founded [[ISC|Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.]] with [[Carl Malamud]] and [[Paul Vixie]]. ISC was developed with UUNET funding to develop and support a number of internet software reference implementations.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Systems_Consortium About ISC]</ref>
==History==
==History==