LampsonFest – Bob Metcalfe, Bob Sproull, & Alan Kay

February 21, 2014
Bob Metcalfe, Bob Sproull, and Alan Kay | U of Texas
LampsonFest

Bob Metcalfe – The Invention of Ethernet at Xerox Parc 40 years Ago Bob Sproull – Butler does printing Alan Kay – “I’ve got a plane to catch”

- Jeff Running
Research Lab
- Microsoft Research Lab - New England
Event
- LampsonFest

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