Thn kalhmera moy apo ta Braxwdh Orh

[Leo@sylvia.lance.colostate.edu]

Thn kalhmera moy apo ta Braxwdh orh, ycometro 1600, sthn aetofwlia poy legetai 
Fort Collins, edra toy Colorado State University kai toy National Science 
Foundation Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center.

Onomazomai Lewnidas Hrakleiwths (me ton kairo to Lewnidas jeftise se Leo) kai 
eimai fysikos kai hlektrologos mhxanikos.  Spoydasa fysikh sta Iwannina (BS) 
kai sto Miami U. (MS) kai hlektrologos/optikos mhxanikos sto ColoState (MSEE).
Ergazomai sto Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center toy National 
Science Foundation to opoio einai to omospondiako ereynhtiko kentro ths xwras
ayths se "optical data storage and processing".  Ta akadhmaika moy endiaferonta
periorizontai se 3-dimensional data storage devices, systhmata basewn
dedomenwn, neyrwnika systhmata (neural networks), kai meleth krisimwn
fainomenwn se polydiastata systhmata.  Epishs diathrw ena xalaro endiaferon gia
Management of Information systems, kai systems security and privacy kyriws 
dioti ergasthka sthn Ellada gia ena diasthma ws Systems Consultant.  Sta 
ellhnika h doyleia moy metafrazotan ws "aytos me ton paxy misuo poy mas leei 
pws na apofygoyme toys hackers otan to systhma mas den exei prosbash sto 
Internet" :-) .  Ston eleyuero xrono moy (dhladh 12-2 kaue Deyterh Paraskeyh 
toy Ianoyarioy) protimw to ski, thn anarrixhsh kai th fwtografia.  Ayta gia na 
gnwrizomaste.

Nomizw pws eimai apo ta paliotera melh ths HELLAS kai apo toys prwtoys
syndromhtes ths apo Ellada.  Gia ena diasthma eimoyn owner ths listas mazi 
me ton Alejandro (Koyloymph) kai Spyro Liwlh.

H systash enos forea opws to FIG einai ajiologh kai apo kairo anamenomenh.  Mia
seira apo prosfata gegonota katedeijan pws yparxei h anagkh enos organoy to 
opoio kapoia stigmh ua prepei na drasei ws symboyleytikh arxh (advising 
authority) toy Internet sthn Ellada.  Dyo shmantikes ejelijeis sthn poreia ayth
htan kata thn gnwmh moy:

(a) h paratyph, kataxrhstikh, kai anhuikh apostolh 1600 lauraiwn chfwn prin 7
    mhnes peripoy apo to systhma dias.aueb kata thn chfoforia gia to
    usenet group alt.news.macedonia^  prajh poy fanerwsw thn elleich kaue 
    ixnoys huikhs sto ellhniko plokami toy Internet, kai
(b) h prosfath krish --- an kai texnhta diogkwmenh --- sto ypodiktyo ariande-t
    h opoia fanerwse thn proxeirothta kai thn elleich epaggelmatismoy apo mia
    merida twn ypeyuynwn toy Internet sthn Ellada, kai thn anwrimothta kai 
    amhxania orismenwn xrhstwn na antimetwpisoyn thn pragmatikothta.

Eyxomai h paroysia kai leitoyrgia toy FIG na ejomalynei thn katastash sthn 
Ellada.  Pisteyw pws enas foreas opws to FIG exei thn dynatothta na uespisei 
kapoies arxes kai na prowuhsei kapoies idees gia thn kalyterh, 
apotelesmatikoterh kai armonikoterh leitoyrgia toy Internet sthn Ellada.

Opws hdh ua exete mauei to National Science Foundation (NSF) anakoinwse pws ua
stamathsei thn oikonomikh yposthrijh toy NSFNet to opoio praktika einai to 
backbone toy Internet stis HPA.  Etsi gia to 1994 to NSF den prokeitai na 
ananewsei thn ergolabikh symbash me thn Sprint.  Braxyprouesma ayto ua exei ws 
apotelesma thn ayjhsh twn Corporate Rates.  Meso kai makroprouesma omws ua 
exoyme meiwsei twn timologiwn kai emfanish perissoterwn forewn paroxhs 
yphresiwn sto Internet.  Prokeitai gia mia apofash me arketh logikh kai pollh 
politikh.  H logikh prosdiorizetai sto gegonos pws to Internet exei kata poly 
kai apo kairo jeperasei ta oria ths akadhmaikhs fyshs h opoia to xarakthrize 
sth dekaetia toy '80.  H politikh entopizetai sto oti af'enos h dioikhsh 
Clinton exei mia aisuhta diaforetikh antilhch gia ton rolo toy NSF kai 
af'eteroy en och toy Information SuperHighway dexthke isxyro pieseis na afhsei 
to Internet sthn idiwtikh prwtoboylia.

To kata poson oi allages sto klima edw ua allajoyn to klima sthn Eyrwph kai 
idiaitera sthn Ellada einai abebaio.  To IAB (Internet Activities Board) htan 
mexri twra aplws ena symboyleytiko organo alla apo to 1994 ua einai "Policy 
Maker".  Me to 99% ths politikhs toy Internet na xarazetai stis HPA einai 
anamenomeno h Eyrwph na akoloyuhsei.  Oson afora thn Ellada, to Internet 
apotelei mia amelhtea apeiroelaxisth drasthriothta h opoia den prokeitai na 
tyxei shmantikhs ektimhshs apo thn ellhnikh dioikhsh, af'enos logw ths agnoias 
kai toy foboy toy agnwstoy, kai af'eteroy logw toy arthriosklhrwtismoy ths 
dioikhshs.  Edw akribws entopizetai kata thn gnwmh moy h leitoyrgikothta kai h 
ajia toy FIG: na katadeijei stoys ellhnikoys foreis thn ajia toy Internet kai
na toys bohuhsei sta prwta toys bhmata.

Stamatw edw me treis parathrhseis:
(1) apo to 1994 arxizei h uhteia moy sto IAB kai se 2 technical committees toy 
    IEEE sxetikes me to TCP/IP kai OSI, opote kai ua prospauhsw na sas krathsw
    enhmeroys twn ejelijewn,
(2) etoimazw ena proposal pros to Idryma Meletwn Lamprakh gia th xrhmatodothsh
    enos Ellhnikoy Ypologistikoy Kentroy Plhroforiwn sto Internet.  Ua sas 
    krathsw enhmeroys kai gi ayto to opoio pisteyw pws einai ejairetika
    shmantiko;
(3) proteinw sto katastatiko toy FIG na ginoyn oi aparaithtes anafores,
    ryumiseis kai probleceis gia melh apo to ejwteriko.  Apo th stigmh
    poy to FIG filodojei na einai foreas toy mellontos ua prepei na parexei
    sta melh toy isa dikaiwmata anejarthtws ths fysikhs toys paroysias.
    To FIG den ua prepei na einai "syllogos-sfragida", alla oysiastikh
    ontothta ston xwro twn ellhnikwn hlektronikwn diktywn entos kai ektos
    toy Elladikoy xwroy.

Me filikoys xairetismoys,
Lewnidas Hrakleiwths.
                                        
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