Thursday, May 22, 2008

Happy Birthday, Ethernet!

The Ethernet is 35 years old today! Hooray for ethernet!

May 22, 1973: Enter Ethernet

1973: Bob Metcalfe of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center writes a memo outlining how to connect the think tank's new personal computers to a shared printer. The memo puts forth the basic properties of -- and names -- ethernet.

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