Ethernet will never work (1974)

Re:Ethernet will never work (1974) by jeffadotio on Sunday March 08, 2020 @09:36PM (#22522144)

The article seems to miss the concept of criticizing an idea without criticizing the individual. This approach is ineffective as a means of communication. It just looks like mud-slinging and it always comes off as a defense mechanism. Even when one is genuinely interested in addressing the issue this obscures that intent.

Edit: Also, thank you for posting the text. I came to the comments hoping this had been done.

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Re:Ethernet will never work (1974) by enneff on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:03AM (#22523112)

Sorry, where is the OP critiquing the individual? I can't see it.

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Re:Ethernet will never work (1974) by justin66 on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:26AM (#22523186)

Seventies-era Xerox PARC cultivated a deliberately confrontational environment for its researchers. They managed to accomplish some great things.

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Re:Ethernet will never work (1974) by kondro on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:49AM (#22523268)

"They managed to accomplish some great things" in spite of being jerks to each other.

Imagine what they could've accomplished if they had empathy and were collegial with each other.

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Re:Ethernet will never work (1974) by Gibbon1 on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:56AM (#22523291)

When you consider, other people took their ideas and build companies worth hundreds of billions out of them, but they themselves didn't. hmmm...

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Re:Ethernet will never work (1974) by fogetti on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:11AM (#22523334)

Where was he criticizing the individual? I can't find it in the text

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