[ih] The linux router project and wifi routers

[Dave Crocker]

On 11/3/2022 5:52 AM, Guy Almes via Internet-history wrote:
>   During spring 1987, however, when I was shopping for routers for an 
> NSFnet regional network, I was made aware of quite a bit of 
> uncertainty about whether Stanford was going to sue cisco over some 
> Intellectual Property issues.  Evidently there was a settlement that 
> gave Stanford a discount on buying cisco routers. 

Adding to the rumors...

At the time, I heard all of the above, with the closure being that the 
settlement was Stanford's getting some cisco shares.

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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