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The Real Origin of Cisco Systems (1999)
The following account of the real origins of Cisco Systems, as opposed to the history often recounted in Cisco company literature, was written in 1999 by Tom Rindfleisch. Rindfleisch was Director of the SUMEX-AIM project (1973-1990), under which the software for a powerful Internet router system was developed and widely deployed at Stanford and elsewhere … Continue reading "The Real Origin of Cisco Systems"
In 1968, Engelbart’s group at SRI demonstrated the computer mouse, graphical user interfaces, hyperlinked documents, video conferencing, and computer-assisted collaborative environments – ideas that so far outstripped what could be delivered practically that decades were required to create a marketplace. Cringely corrects this error as well in his December 10th PBS Pulpit article referenced above, to more properly recognize the earlier work of Tim Berners-Lee himself (inventor of the world-wide-web concept) and others on graphical browsers. The technical advances that led to today’s information tools, such as electronic computers and the Internet, began with Federal government support of research in partnership with industry and universities.
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