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The 3Com Saga

Posted by timothy on from the ups-n-downs dept.

prostoalex writes "A flashback to 5 years ago reveals 3Com as a global multi-billion dollar company, respected and revered around the world. Today Bob Metcalfe's creation is a money-losing $2 billion dollar operation trying to find its niche. The 3Com Saga from Network World magazine takes a look at the history of 3Com Corp."

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  1. Re:In my book by Bilestoad · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is a great shame that Metcalfe has resorted to trolling in order to get people to take notice of him these days:

    http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/ 06 /21/990621opmetcalfe.xml

    Sez Bob: "The Open Source Movement's ideology is utopian balderdash. And Linux is 30-year-old technology."

    Just like ethernet...

  2. Too bad they're not owned by CNET by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then it would be 3com.com.com