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Bob Metcalfe: Co-inventor of Ethernet. Tech industry legend and Polymath.
Pattern Breakers
How Did a Metcalf's Law Come About?
The first etherlink was shipped in september 19 82, connected ib personal computers together on an ether net. The problem was there weren't any i b m personal computers. So we started selling a trial kit, three noed network,. Three cards that you put into th option slots and a cable to connect the three machines together. And then the customers all came back saying, work's just like you promised - it's just not useful.
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