Do we have a thread about that? If not, here it is. If we have, why the heck am I creating a new thread?
Bob Metcalfe has won the Turing Award (Nobel prize of computing) for 2022. Bob who? The man behind the ethernet of course. Read all about it here: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/50-years-later-creator-of-ethernet-wins-computings-top-prize/
pibbuR who is ethernally grateful for the invention.
PS. The article mentions that he didn't like IBM's Token Ring network, allegedly the most important competitor. I remember Token Ring. I installed it a couple of times back then, when I worked in a computer service company, a couple of years after leaving medicine. Those connection plugs were really clumpy. DS.
PPS. Likes, please. DS.
PPPS. Just kidding. DS.
Bob Metcalfe has won the Turing Award (Nobel prize of computing) for 2022. Bob who? The man behind the ethernet of course. Read all about it here: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/50-years-later-creator-of-ethernet-wins-computings-top-prize/
pibbuR who is ethernally grateful for the invention.
PS. The article mentions that he didn't like IBM's Token Ring network, allegedly the most important competitor. I remember Token Ring. I installed it a couple of times back then, when I worked in a computer service company, a couple of years after leaving medicine. Those connection plugs were really clumpy. DS.
PPS. Likes, please. DS.
PPPS. Just kidding. DS.