Vinton Cerf is coming to Malaysia

Father of the internet, Vinton G. Cerf (64), is coming to Malaysia. I have just been notified. He will be giving a special press conference, in his capacity as vice-president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, some time next week for the WCIT2008.

I am hoping to meet this man, check out what makes him tick, and what he sees for the future of the Internet. Maybe we will learn something.

Meanwhile, if you are checking for the website (www.wcit2008.org) for information on WCIT2008, don't bother. The last time the site was fully functional was May 4. The website has been down since, returning error messages. At best you will be only accessing a cached version - thanks to Google.

It isn't funny of course, to be the organiser of the event and yet not have your website fully functional. I bet Vince will have something to say about this. I think whoever the organiser is, and hopefully not the Government, he/she will wise up before news breaks out. Even if the website has shifted, a reroute link should have been in place.

For the public relations officer in charge of this, or the PR company in charge of the WCIT account, please get your act together and tell your bosses what implication this non-functional website address does.