Editing Paul Baran (section)

== Death ==
Baran died in [[Palo Alto, California]], at the age of 84 on March 26, 2011<ref name="NYT-obit"/><ref name="ZDNet-obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/business-of-it/2011/03/29/packet-switching-inventor-paul-baran-dies-aged-84-40092315/|title=Packet switching inventor Paul Baran dies aged 84|publisher=ZDNet UK|date= March 29, 2011 |access-date= March 29, 2011}}</ref> from complications caused by lung cancer.<ref name="BBC-obit"/> Upon his death, RAND President [[James Thomson (executive)|James Thomson]], stated, "Our world is a better place for the technologies Paul Baran invented and developed, and also because of his consistent concern with appropriate public policies for their use."<ref name="ZDNet-obit"/>

One of the fathers of the Internet, [[Vinton Cerf]], stated, "Paul wasn't afraid to go in directions counter to what everyone else thought was the right or only thing to do."<ref name="BBC-obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12879908 |title=Internet pioneer Paul Baran passes away|publisher=BBC|date= March 28, 2011|access-date= March 29, 2011}}</ref> According to [[Paul Saffo]], Baran also believed that innovation was a "team process" and avoided seeking credit for himself.<ref name="latimes"/> On hearing news of his death, [[Bob Kahn|Robert Kahn]], co-inventor of the Internet, said: "Paul was one of the finest gentlemen I ever met and creative to the very end."