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LAN Turns 30, May Not See 40?
dratcw writes "The first commercial LAN was based on ARCnet technology and was installed some 30 years ago, according to a ComputerWorld article. Bob Metcalfe, one of the co-inventors of Ethernet, recalls the early battles between the different flavors of LAN and says some claims from the Token Ring backers such as IBM were lies. 'I know that sounds nasty, but for 10 years I had to put up with that crap from the IBM Token Ring people — you bet I'm bitter.' Besides dipping into networking nostalgia, the article also quotes an analyst who says the LAN may be nearing its demise and predicts that all machines will be individually connected to one huge WAN at gigabit speeds. Could the LAN actually be nearing the end of its lifecycle?"
They came for the xxx, and I said nothing, because I was not xxx.
Then they came for the yyy, and I said nothing, because I was not yyy.
etc, etc, etc
Then they came for the home networkers, and I couldn't complain, because there was no route available...
How many subnets in your home does it take to qualify?
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.