Historic IEEE 802 Group Looks Back and Forward

An anonymous reader writes "The IEEE MAN/LAN Standards Committee — better known as the people who brought us Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth — is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week. This article has interviews with the original committee chairman and other veteran members, and reveals some of the inside situation. It also looks at some of the upcoming 802.x standards including one that sends data by modulating visible light."

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Re:IEEE Bluetooth?

[Adolf Hitroll]

This is Slashdot, they don't care.

I'd however like them to explain me how they live with Obama apologing to Ghaddafi?
That takes guts when you're supposed to be the good guy.

Now, that you've proven yourself also against Europe, be it in business or regarding the Goldstone Report, you'll have to agree you're not ruled by a legitimate government but rather by greedy corporations.

Kiss my shiny ass, land of the "Free", as in "Freedom fries".

Re:IEEE Bluetooth?

[Anonymous Coward]

we are 'free' in the same sense that our internet is 'unlimited'.

We.... as a country.... are SO boned. So very. Very. Epic. Screwed.

And we're going to be figuring that out over the next couple of years.

Sucks to be US. :\

Re:MAN/LAN

[FenwayFrank]

You can always "man man", man