Roots of the router (the backbone of the Internet)
Great story:
The creator of the multiprotocol router reflects on the development of the device that fueled the growth of networking.
William (Bill) Yeager is 66 and still gets peeved when someone trots out the Silicon Valley fable about how the founders of Cisco invented the router. He was the guy at Stanford University that made it happen. The history of Network World roughly parallels the commercialization of routing, so we tracked Yeager down for a glimpse into the scene back then.....[click on link above for the rest of the story]
The creator of the multiprotocol router reflects on the development of the device that fueled the growth of networking.
William (Bill) Yeager is 66 and still gets peeved when someone trots out the Silicon Valley fable about how the founders of Cisco invented the router. He was the guy at Stanford University that made it happen. The history of Network World roughly parallels the commercialization of routing, so we tracked Yeager down for a glimpse into the scene back then.....[click on link above for the rest of the story]
posted by Wayne's World at 4:33 PM
2 Comments:
This dude is a genius working on stuff that's widely used now. Amazing.
So I take it Cisco was another Microsoft... "Len Bosack" had the vision to make MONEY........ America what a great place to steal a great idea. I thought Microsoft and Bill Gates where the only corporate raders in the '80's
What's that saying You snooze you lose.
T
Great Read
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