According to Metcalfe it's the 22nd of May - or at least it was for the 30th anniversary. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/81274/Q_A_Ethernet_s_creator_describe... Scott On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Andy Linton wrote:

On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Richard Naylor wrote:

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22 May is the 40th for Ethernet - when Robert Metcalf wrote his memo outlining ethernet to his Boss.

This memo shows that we may be a little premature (see date of 5 March 1974) and said boss didn't think much of the idea!

They were working on this in 1973 but the patent wasn't file until 1975.

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