Hank Nussbacher wrote:

Craig came down very hard on Bob Metcalfe and I was hoping that over the past few days someone would step in and explain that Bob is far from being a clueless journalist. I believe Craig is just showing how young he is.

On my part, when i was flaming B.M. i was perfectly aware of who he is. However, being an authority is not a guarantee of being right or being clueful about that particular subject. I happened to learn that hard way.

Bob Metcalfe along with David Boggs published in ACM (July 1976) an article entitled "Ethernet - Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks". This paper was the groundwork for Ethernet - without which we would still be using X.25 and possibly no LANs.

That is an exaggregation. BTW, Ethernet has little to do with X.25's obsolescense.

Having Bob (as well as a few other heavyweights) on this list, we can only come to a better understanding of the routing, addressing and portability problems of the Internet that we are all hitting.

Hm.

Craig, Bob has probably forgotten more than you and I will ever know.

I find the attitude of reverence to authorities a bit out of place in any scientific or engineering society trying to be something more than a country club. --vadim