Rick Adams
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Richard (Rick) Adams is the founder of UUNET and the founder of Internet Systems Consortium. [1]
Professional Achievements
Rick Adams was the one that helped make Internet widely accessible by implementing the first Serial Line IP (SLIP) founding UUNET Communication Services, which became the world's largest Internet Service Provider in 1990s. A truly notable thing is that in 1982 he was the first one to be able to send 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. [2] Mr. Adams foundedInternet Systems Consortium, Inc. with other two professionals: Carl Malamud and Paul Vixie, using funding obtained from UUNET activity.
History
Adams founded UUNET Communications Service as a nonprofit telecommunications company with the main purpose to reduce the cost of mail and Usenet traffic sent by UUCP, especially by the rural sites in America. UUNET quickly became the official gateway between North America and Europe, and the connection between UUCP mail and Internet email. [3]
UUNET Technology, the first ISP in the US, was also build by Adams. The company was build by acquring assets from UUNET Communication services, the latter receiving a share of the profits. UUNET Technology, became a successful company and was sold in 1995 to MFS (Metropolitan Fiber Systems), in 1996 being acquired by Worldcom, a main competitor for the biggest telecommunication companies from America.[4]
Rick left UUNET in 1994 and the company was taken over by John Sidgmore. After UUNET, Rick became a partner in other businesses such as 2941 restaurant in Virginia. Another notable experience is the donation he made in 1996, of one million US dollars to James Randi Educational Foundation to be used for the paranormal Million Dollar Challenge.
Rick Adams and ICANN
Among other notable collaborations, ISC and ICANN also collaborated on the DNS, "F" root server which was the first one to be distributed using anycast).[5]