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PARC's Past & Future, With Bob Metcalfe

March 06, 2013 | Craig Matsumoto |
Bob Metcalfe doesn't know every hall and doorway in PARC today, but he makes a great tour guide if you're traveling back in time (figuratively) to the days when Ethernet was first invented.

We recently talked with Metcalfe at PARC about those earlier days and, maybe more importantly, about the future of innovation. Watch the video below as we discuss what role a place like PARC has today, and what the old Xerox Palo Alto Research Center could have done differently.

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And here's our shorter video about the 40th anniversary of Ethernet:

— Craig Matsumoto, Managing Editor, Light Reading



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