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It is my understanding that Cisco was founded on router technology developed Stanford which was then patented and exploited by the company (despite Stanford's i
by ccvannorman 10y ago
It is my understanding that Cisco was founded on router technology developed Stanford which was then patented and exploited by the company (despite Stanford's intention that it be public domain)[1]. I wonder if the cultural tone that that set is what, decades later, has landed them in this situation.
[1] http://pdp10.nocrew.org/docs/cisco.html http://pdp10.nocrew.org/docs/cisco.html
- kijiki 10y agoThe NOS was based on software written at Stanford. The HW was Andy Bechtolsheim 68K board, which also (without the theft) become the SUN-1. cisco paid Stanford off later, although the author of that NOS is still unhappy.