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Long-term view: Bob Metcalfe, founder of the world's most popular local area network (LAN) system, says it could be 1998 before a real giant is established in the personal computer industry
Long-term view: Bob Metcalfe, founder of the world's most popular local area network (LAN) system, says it could be 1998 before a real giant is established in the personal computer industry

Long-term view: Bob Metcalfe, founder of the world's most popular local area network (LAN) system, says it could be 1998 before a real giant is established in the personal computer industry

Date3/11/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130826F
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