And Ethernets have been winning because they are based on rapidly evolving
standards, which can be a problem when carriers are making massive infrastructure
investments, which is why backward and forward compatibility (#6) is so important.
I highly recommend Abdul Kasim??™s helpful book on delivering Carrier Ethernet services.
Even if I do say so myself, Carrier Ethernet is the next big thing.
??”Bob Metcalfe, Inventor of Ethernet
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Bob Metcalfe is a general partner at Polaris Ventures. Dr. Metcalfe had three careers
before becoming a venture capitalist:
While an engineer-scientist (1965??“1979), Dr. Metcalfe helped build the early Internet.
In 1973, at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, he invented Ethernet, the local area
networking (LAN) standard on which he shares four patents. In 2003, Ethernet??™s
30th year, 184 million new Ethernet connections were shipped for $12.5 billion.
While an entrepreneur-executive (1979??“1990), Dr. Metcalfe founded 3Com
Corporation, the billion-dollar networking company where at various times he was
Chairman, CEO, Division General Manager, and Vice President of Engineering, Sales,
and Marketing.
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