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The triumph of Ethernet : technological communities and the battle for the LAN standard / Urs von Burg.
LIBRA TK5105.8.E83 B87 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burg, Urs von.
- Series:
- Innovations and technology in the world economy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethernet (Local area network system).
- Data transmission equipment industry.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- One of the most important elements in the computer revolution has been agreement on technological standards. This book tells the complete story of the battle between several competing technologies in the late 1970s and early 1980s to become the compatibility standard in one high-tech arena, the LAN (local area network) industry.
- Contents:
- The Economic Theory of Standardization
- A Brief Outline of This Book
- Chapter 1 Technological Communities and Open Standards 25
- Capabilities and Communities
- Technological Communities and Their Capabilities
- Chapter 2 The Invention of the LAN 47
- Early Network Technologies
- The Invention and Evolution of Token Ring
- The Invention of Ethernet
- From Laboratory to Market
- Chapter 3 Pioneers: The Beginning of Commercialization 78
- Launching Products and Firms
- The Problems of a Head Start
- Datapoint: Turning a Head Start into a Strong Position
- The Perils of Pioneering
- Chapter 4 The Standardization of LAN Technology 100
- The DIX Alliance
- The IEEE Standard
- Three Standards
- A Final Skirmish
- Standards and Market Structures
- Chapter 5 The Formation of the Ethernet Community 125
- The Pioneers: 3Com and Ungermann-Bass
- The Growth of the Community
- Specialization, New Markets, and Increasing Product Variety
- Collaboration and Competition
- Standards and Industry Creation
- Chapter 6 The Rise and Fall of Ethernet's Proprietary Competitors 145
- The Commercialization and Rise of the Proprietary LANs
- Community-Building Efforts by the Sponsors
- The Fall of the Proprietary LANs
- The Disadvantages of Not Having an Open Community
- Chapter 7 The Battle Between Ethernet and Token Ring 168
- Ethernet versus Token Ring: The Beginning of the Battle
- The Closure of the Technology Gap by Ethernet
- Renewed Standardization and the Arrival of Intelligent Hubs
- The Failure of Token Ring to Keep Pace with Ethernet
- Market Structure, Firm Creation, and the Elimination of Network Bottlenecks
- Chapter 8 Implications 199
- Ethernet and Standardization Theory
- Policies and Prospects
- Appendix B Annual Sales and Revenues of Selected LAN Companies 217.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804740941
- 080474095X
- OCLC:
- 46634282
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