Re: IoT - The end of the internet

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

ROTFL!

Yes, every time I’ve run into Bob at a conference he always introduces himself this way: “I’m Bob Metcalfe, the 
inventor of Ethernet.”

 -mel

> On Aug 9, 2022, at 9:20 PM, Fred Baker <fredbaker.ietf () gmail com> wrote:
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> > On Aug 9, 2022, at 8:06 PM, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
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> > Robert Metcalfe, InfoWorld columnist and the inventor of Ethernet, also in 1995:
> > “I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse.”
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> In 1998 I invited Mr Metcalfe to address the IETF on the collapse of the Internet, which he renewed his prediction 
> of. He declined.