On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 17:52 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > "Our object is to design a communication system which can grow smoothly to > accommodate several buildings full of personal computers and the facilities > needed for their support." > > Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks > Robert M. Metcalfe and David R. Boggs > Communications of the ACM Volume 19 Issue 7, July 1976
To be fair, though, the concept of "large LAN" might have changed a little since 1976... and "buildings full" is not exactly a precise unit of measurement. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DA41 51B1 1481 16E1 F7E2 B2E9 3007 14ED 5736 F687 Old fingerprint: B386 7819 B227 2961 8301 C5A9 2EBC 754B CD97 0156
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