Internet Collapses and Other InfoWorld Punditry

"What to make of this ranting gasbag named Metcalfe? Turn up the filters, tune in, and listen. You may not like the way he phrases it, but he2s actually got some very important things to say and he isn2t afraid to say them." A- Vint Cerf Bob Metcalfe is the Internet2s resident gadfly and reigning pundit A- a renowned inventor (Ethernet) and entrepreneur (3Com) whose weekly InfoWorld columns skewer pretensions, assault the conventional wisdom, and spit roast sacred cows. This book collects the best of Metcalfe2s polemics, predictions, and pronouncements over the last decade A- and pairs them with no-holds-barred rebuttals and commentary by industry heavyweights. The result is vintage Metcalfe: provocative, inflammatory, and insightful. Just a few of Bob Metcalfe2s pronouncements over the years... 1991 "Microsoft is abusing its monopoly" 1993 "Wireless computing will flop A- permanently" 1994 "What the Internet needs now is more competition among greedy entrepreneurs" 1995 "I predict the Internet2s catastrophic collapse in 1996" 1996 "Everything on the Internet should be strongly encrypted all the time" 1997 "E-postage is a good thing" 1998 "The skunk is, like Microsoft, an exquisite survival machine" 1999 "Linux will fizzle against Windows" www.infoworld.com/metcalfe www.idgbooks.comMetcalfe, Bob is the author of 'Internet Collapses and Other InfoWorld Punditry' with ISBN 9780764535031 and ISBN 076453503X.