one shouldn't forget that computer networking was once not a favorable thing to do.

xerox memo of the month, march 5 1974. to bob metcalf and dave boggs:

I have read with dismay your presentation "Draft Ethernet Overview". As i am sure you are aware, technically or conceptually there is nothing new in your proposal ... The fallacy in your conception is that the stations should be transmitting randomly ... You should seriously study how the telephone companies handle this problem ...

At this moment a coherent generally accepted European telecommunication – or information – policy does not exist! | keynote by jansen van rosendaal, director CEC, Dir. Gen, XIII-B, 12. may 1983

well, 30 years later ...

The US Pentagon recently declared "war" on paper: apart from the normal paper problems of all unwieldy bureaucracies, the Pentagon now has to cope with the huge amounts of documentation which go with complex high-tech weapons systems. For example, a typical US Navy cruiser puts to sea with no less than 26 tonnes of manuals for its weapons systems - enough to affect the performance of the vessel! | megatrends or megamistakes? whatever happened to the information society? by tom forester