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gigabit humor (for posterity)
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 11:10:28 -0500
Posted-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 93 08:46:04 EDT From: Dave Sincoskie <sincos () thumper bellcore com> True story, happened yesterday. Paul Mockapetrus was at Bellcore watching a demonstration of Tennenhouse's Vu-net connected to a Sunshine switch and the Aurora network. The Vu-net physical hardware is roughly 3 large PC-boards, sitting on a table with wires hanging all over the place. The Sunshine switch was sitting next to it, with even more wires hanging out. Paul M: (standing over Vu-net peering at it) "Sure doesn't look like an information superhighway to me." Bruce Davie: "Do you want me to paint a yellow stripe down the middle?" Dave
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