Ethernet Creator Makes the Inventors Hall of Fame 45
An anonymous reader wrote in with a Network World story that opens, "Ethernet is right up there with magnetic resonance imaging, the LP record, air bags, and soft contact lenses. So says the National Inventors Hall of Fame, which included Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the ubiquitous LAN technology, in its latest round of inductees."
Re:A well deserved honor -- For one of the two (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Kinda spoilt... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Kinda spoilt... (Score:3, Interesting)
Which is quite right of center politically, to say the least. Which would be fine if he kept it out of his TECHNOLOGY column, but of course he can't. I remember reading one of his columns back in the late 90s when InfoWorld was still somewhat worth reading, and it was a lunatic rant against Bill Clinton and how he'd met him in person at some junket and had to fight the urge to jump at his jugular--or something to that effect, anyway. That's the problem with a lot of these one-hit-wonders that clamber onto the public stage via some specific talent and then feel qualified to have a publicly worthwhile opinion on everything else. Metcalfe is a particular stinker in that respect, especially considering that he didn't single-handedly invent Ethernet anyway.
Re:Ah, Xerox PARC ... (Score:2, Interesting)