>Why it takes this many years to be recognized, He was already recognized by various awards decades ago ... by other organizations: https://en.wikipedia.org/w

>Why it takes this many years to be recognized, He was already recognized by various awards decades ago ... by other organizations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe#Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe#Awards The Turing Award from ACM has become another one. (Arguably, it's more prestigious than previous ones.)