Eating My Collapse Column

Mon Apr 14 20:42:05 UTC 1997

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Bob Metcalfe wrote:

> Dear NANOG,
> 
> You've perhaps already heard that I made good on a promise to eat the
> 12/4/95 InfoWorld column in which I predicted Internet collapses during
> 1996.  If not yet, then please.  Yes, eating the column was a publicity
> thing, of course, and look at all the publicity it got.

<sigh> Great, now we can all stop working the 20 hour days using spit and 
duct tape to keep the net running. Hard bet to loose, hat's off to the 
guys at the core for keeping it up and together.

Tim Gibson
NOC Manager
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