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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]
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Ethernet vs ArcNet and Token Ring (5:47)
Geoff Thompson discusses the role of the advocacy of Bob Metcalfe to the success of Ethernet. The other technologies didn’t have the same push into the supplier base even though they may have been “?Good enough”?. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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Switching Takes Over and Ethernet Grabs Switching (2:52)
Geoff Thompson and Steve Haddock (audience) discuss how the evolution to full-duplex switched networks changed the game. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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Half Duplex vs Full Duplex and Its Place in Network Evolution (6:08)
Geoff Thompson discusses the evolution of network maturity. The others discuss how that worked for LANs and other suppporting factors. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
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Aloha and Then Ethernet (2:36)
Geoff Thompson answers a question about the earlier Aloha Net and its relationship to Ethernet. He also talks about the history of the name, Ethernet. [Special thanks to Geoff Thompson for supplying the above description and title]
