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Word: shoched (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hopes that Ethernet will help it regain its prominent position in office equipment. Xerox encouraged Digital Equipment Corp. to make computers that can run on its system, and has sold licenses for a nominal $1,000 to some 100 other companies to build compatible equipment. Says John Shoch, deputy general manager of office systems: "We don't sell Ethernet. We sell office systems, and Ethernet is part of the office system." The big drawback of Ethernet is that it can send only one message at a time, albeit at a very high speed-about 300 pages a second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You've Come a Long Way, Baby | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

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