No, that’s him. Arguably the father of modern computer time.

It’s a protocol named NTP. If you want to say “the ___ protocol”, you can say “the network time protocol” or “the NTP protocol”. Both are correct, even if the latter is technically redundant. You would sound really weird if you insisted on saying “the NTP”. Let’s not bring the worst parts of reddit to the fediverse. Needlessly pedantic is something we can move beyond.

Network Time Protocol

I give you PIN number and ATM machine

I mean, this is obviously written for a layperson. It’s worded this way because most people don’t know what “NTP” means but they have a vague idea of what a “protocol” is for computer networking.

I mean, I would assume this is pretty common for less-well-known acronyms.

only a few people appear to be both capable and willing to oversee the critical yet overlooked software

I would be willing to become capable… for a fee.

(now, less, or more, seriously, what’s going on with the coördination in that article?)

I’d be interested in finding out if Harlan Stenn ever finished the paper Mills was putting together about an updated NTP.