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Ethernet & the Emerging Open-Source Movement (4:03)
Tom Slykhouse and Joe Skorupa discuss how the market developed for LANs, including adapters, and the link between Ethernet, UNIX, and open-source that emerged from universities. [Special thanks to Dan Pitt and Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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FDDI & Token Ring Patents (5:48)
Joe Skorupa brings in the difficult situation around token ring patents, which were owned by Olof Söderblom, and Tom Slykhouse relates the origins and positioning of FDDI. [Special thanks to Dan Pitt and Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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Why FDDI Didn’t Happen (4:53)
The entire panel discusses the various factors regarding FDDI, which was the great hope for high-speed networks and why things didn’t work out that way. [Special thanks to Dan Pitt for supplying the above description and title]
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Network Management (7:30)
Geoff Thompson asks the group about network management. Slykhouse asks Steve Haddock (audience) about early FDDI at Sun. Skorupa asserts that Ethernet’s move from a coax bus to structured cabling was the management watershed for Ethernet. The importance of hubs is discussed. [Special thanks to Dan Pitt and Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description…
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ATM’s Unsuccessful Foray Into the Market (7:07)
Joe Skorupa discusses how ATM tried to break into the networking market based on his experience at Fore Systems. He goes into the reasons ATM did not make it. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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Simplicity of Ethernet (4:14)
The simplicity (or lack thereof) of Ethernet is discussed in the competitive context. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
