[2463] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NANOG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Sat Apr 6 13:29:08 1996
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 21:25:29 +0300
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>
To: bob_metcalfe@infoworld.com, c-huegen@quad.quadrunner.com
Cc: Letters@ccgate.infoworld.com, jerry@fc.net, nanog@merit.edu
Craig came down very hard on Bob Metcalfe and I was hoping that over
the past few days someone would step in and explain that Bob is far
from being a clueless journalist. I believe Craig is just showing
how young he is. Bob Metcalfe along with David Boggs published in
ACM (July 1976) an article entitled "Ethernet - Distributed Packet
Switching for Local Computer Networks". This paper was the groundwork
for Ethernet - without which we would still be using X.25 and possibly
no LANs. Having Bob (as well as a few other heavyweights) on this list,
we can only come to a better understanding of the routing, addressing
and portability problems of the Internet that we are all hitting.
Craig, Bob has probably forgotten more than you and I will ever know.
