<story><title>Ethernet will never work (1974)</title><url>https://twitter.com/aka_pugs/status/1236356815626981376</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ColinWright</author><text>From the middle of that thread[0] we discover that the original author of the original memo commented on it in 2008[1].  That follow-up is definitely worth reading to better understand the context of the memo.&lt;p&gt;Not reading the follow-up and still criticising&amp;#x2F;laughing at the original memo is thoroughly unjust.  I&amp;#x27;ve submitted[2] the follow-up as a separate item if people want to comment on it.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;_space_train&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1236373295429226496&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;_space_train&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1236373295429226496&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;reddit.com&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;1xz13&amp;#x2F;in_1974_xerox_parc_engineers_invented_ethernet&amp;#x2F;c043yl0&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;reddit.com&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;1xz13&amp;#x2F;in_1974_x...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=22517640&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=22517640&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Ethernet will never work (1974)</title><url>https://twitter.com/aka_pugs/status/1236356815626981376</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>QuesnayJr</author><text>Bachrach gave an account of writing the memo on Reddit: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;reddit.com&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;1xz13&amp;#x2F;in_1974_xerox_parc_engineers_invented_ethernet&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;reddit.com&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;1xz13&amp;#x2F;in_1974_x...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to his account, the original version of Ethernet had the problems he outlined in his memo, but in response the Ethernet designers made changes to account for them.</text></comment>