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This Inventor Created Ethernet After Failing His PhD
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34:34Now PlayingBob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com, sits down with John Werner, managing director of Link Ventures and a Forbes contributor, to discuss the influence of his work and how it helped connect computers.
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