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You may think Ethernet is Ethernet, but it’s not

Opinion
Jun 23, 20032 mins
Enterprise ApplicationsIBMMalware

* You may think Ethernet is Ethernet, but it’s not * Gibbs gets Hatch back * Do you believe SCO, IBM or the Open Source Initiative? * Spam fighters’ battle cry

You may think Ethernet is Ethernet, but it’s not

With the recent 30th anniversary of the Ethernet standard, Kevin Tolly gently reminds us how far Ethernet has come. The Ethernet of today doesn’t look much like the Ethernet of 30 years ago.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0623tolly.html?vo

Gibbs gets Hatch back

Backspinner Mark Gibbs this week exercises the full measure (or close to it) of his First Amendment rights by ripping into Sen. Orrin Hatch. The chairman of the judiciary committee recently declared he was “interested” in destroying the computers of suspected music pirates. Gibbs doesn’t have much nice to say in response.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0623backspin.html?vo

Do you believe SCO, IBM or the Open Source Initiative?

The legal fight that SCO is picking with IBM has a whole industry buzzing. Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix this week takes a closer look at the story so far – and what the Open Source Initiative has to say.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0623edit.html?vo

Spam fighters’ battle cry

There’s more than one way to fight spam, says Linda Musthaler in this week’s Cache Advance. Technology, legislation and retribution are all tools that are available.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0623musthaler.html?vo