Ethernet names...
Mark Kahrs
mark.kahrs at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 17:16:39 CDT 2018
I was there and it was always called "The Ethernet". When the 10 Mb
standard came into being, it was then referred to as "The Experimental
Ethernet". If you want to be *really* pedantic, you could refer to it as
the "2.94 MHz Ethernet" --- but that would be silly.
If you'd like to see how Aloha inspired Metcalfe, read this:
http://www.historyofcomputercommunications.info/Book/6/6.7-EthernetRobertMetcalfeXeroxPARC71-75.html
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