Full Text Article: ‘Rough Consensus and Running Code’ and the Internet-OSI Standards War
by Andrew L. Russell, The Johns Hopkins University

From the abstract:

Internet historians recognize the technical achievements but often overlook the bureaucratic innovations of Internet pioneers. The phrase, “We reject: kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code,” was coined by David Clark in 1992. This article explains how the phrase captured the technical and political values of Internet engineers during a crucial phase in the Internet’s growth.

14 pages; PDF.

Source: IEEE Annals of Computing

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