Opening Keynote : The New Revolution
summary
Chronicles the actual origin and growth of the Internet from Oct 29 1969 first remote login over two BBN-built IMP routers connecting UCLA and SRI through the login glitch and eventual success to four nodes in 1969 and roughly 100 nodes by the early 1980s then 75 million users in 1995 and 500 million by 2001. Lists concrete failures and costs: Therac-25 radiation deaths, Mars Climate Orbiter loss (~€250M), PlayStation Network outage (~€140M), Equifax 145.5M records. Shows device exploits (Jeep, smart toys, medical pumps) and urges engineering practices: blameless postmortems, rigorous reviews, and open source stewardship.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00ARPANET and first internet
- 10:18ARPANET to modern internet
- 17:39Software engineers' responsibilities
- 25:27Engineering for human progress
- 33:07Software failures costs and ethics
- 40:16Security in connected devices
- 45:13Data collection and privacy
- 48:52Open source and corporate role
- 51:18Future of internet revolution
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