[ih] Internet-history Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6

[Guy Almes]

John,
   Very helpful.
   This is consistent with things I heard at the time, but more nuanced 
and (especially with the <saildart.org> archives, so richly detailed.
   	-- Guy

On 11/3/22 2:36 PM, John Shoch via Internet-history wrote:
> "The more interesting thing would be why they [Stanford] were upset at
> cisco."
> 
> Well.....:
> --Yeager started work on the router code at Stanford in 1980.
> --cisco was officially created in 1984 (perhaps as an outside consulting
> project?).
> --In 1985 Yeager was asked for a copy of his code.
> --In 1986 there were people who were apparently working both for Stanford
> and cisco.  From an archive of email in 1986, evidently sent to a Stanford
> email address:
> 
> Len, There are a number of matters that we need to talk about as soon as
> possible.  .......
> 
> I would like to think that each of these problems can be addressed and
> resolved satisfactorily.  But such a resolution may require a choice on
> your part either to substantially disengage yourself from outside
> consulting and pay much more attention to your responsibilities here or
> to leave Stanford and proceed with the development of your company.  I
> would like you to consider these points and discuss them with me next
> Wednesday.
> 
> --As far as I can tell, the 1986 or 1987 license was an after-the-fact
> effort to clean up a mess.....
> 
> So, if you want to dive into this particular swamp, wade through this 1986
> email thread....all about conflicts of interest and more....
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.saildart.org/CISCO.MSG*1,LES*9__;W10!!KwNVnqRv!EyIf0VRwcRaSK9zhJllXGz7mmJm1-SF-fgCH4mRaEaW_AodrTnr-kn-g_kNSOdDT-qpnstnwVRog0wXOwmanlFwQeLU0Nw$  <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.saildart.org/CISCO.MSG*1,LES*9__;W10!!KwNVnqRv!EyIf0VRwcRaSK9zhJllXGz7mmJm1-SF-fgCH4mRaEaW_AodrTnr-kn-g_kNSOdDT-qpnstnwVRog0wXOwmanlFwQeLU0Nw$>
> 
> 
> 
> John
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