20 Year Milestone

1. 20 Year Milestone Integrating Business and IT Yesterday — and Tomorrow Moderators: Heather Clancy, Editor/Strategy, CRN David Strom, Technology Editor, VARBusiness

2. Panel Participants • Lazar (Larry) Birenbaum, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Ethernet Access Group, Cisco Systems • Dan Bricklin, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Trellix • Marilyn Edling, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Systems, Business Customer Organization, Hewlett-Packard • Steve Sakoman, Chief Product Officer, PalmSource • Chris Stone, Vice Chairman, Office of the CEO, Novell

3. Then and Now • Then: The IBM PC sold more than 200,000 units in the first year after its 1981 introduction. Base configuration: • 4.77Mhz Intel 8088 processor • Microsoft PC-DOS 1.0, • 16 Kbytes of memory (expandable to 256K) • 160K-byte floppy drive • Color monitor optional • Price: $1,565 to $3,000 (more than $5,000 today) • Now: IBM NetVista M41 • 2 Ghz Pentium 4 • Windows 2000 Pro • 256 Mbytes of RAM • 40G-byte hard drive, 48X CD-ROM • Built-in Ethernet 10/100 • Price: Approximately $1,500

4. Other 1982 Trivia • Compaq Computer was co-founded; later that year it would release the first IBM-compatible clone • Intel introduced the 6MHz 80286 microprocessor with a 16-bit data bus; today’s Pentium 4 processor operates at speeds up to 2.53Ghz • Recent application launches included Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect 1.0 • VisiCorp unveils the VisiOn graphical user interface • Sun Microsystems had four employees; today its workforce tops 43,000 • Peter Norton founded Norton Utilities • The Internet was a set of four networks including ARPANet, two packet radio networks, the Atlantic Packet Satellite Network and some LANs. TCP/IP was rolled out in January 1983. Today there are some 500 million users . . .

5. Milestones That Changed an Industry • 1971: First microprocessors ships • 1981: IBM ships the IBM XT with another company’s OS • 1983: Sony unveils 3.5” diskettes; Lotus ships 1-2-3; NetWare debuts • 1984: HP ships LaserJet; 2400-baud modems debut • 1985: Aldus ships PageMaker • 1986: Microsoft goes public • 1988: The CD-ROM format takes root • 1993: IBM hits wall, reports annual loss of nearly $5 billion; Intel debuts Pentium • 1994: Clark and Andreessen form Netscape (ne Mosaic); Novell buys WordPerfect • 1995: Windows 95 debuts in August • 1996: IE ships; Apple buys Next; Telecommunications Act passed • 1998: Compaq buys DEC; Apple releases the iMac; Yahoo soars; Shawn Fanning writes Napster and turns every college kid into a peer • 1999: e-Commerce takes off; Y2K concerns spur corporate buying; 5 millionth domain is registered (believeinkids.com) • 2000: Computers work on Jan. 1; 300 million users now online; bubble bursts in April • 2001: Microsoft settles with the Feds; HP moves to acquire Compaq

6. Topic: The Network • You have been part of many fascinating developments in the history of Ethernet. What prompted you to leave HP and become part of 3Com and the then-nascent networking movement? Was there a special “ah-ha” moment where a breakthrough was achieved? In your view, what helps foster innovation? • Will network technology and other communications cabling ever become a standard part of construction projects, much like electrical wiring today? • Now that the Internet itself is a routine part of everyday life, how will wireless technology change the way the Internet is use? Larry Birenbaum, Cisco Systems Resume highlights: Founder of Grand Junction Networks, bought by Cisco; led standardization efforts in Fast Ethernet. Stints at 3Com and Hewlett-Packard, where he helped design the OS for the HP 3000 minicomputer series.

7. Topic: The Process • What technical achievement are you most proud of? • How important is the concept of team in programming? How has this changed over the past 20 years? • As a founder of Slate, you were an early pioneer of the pen computing movement. What do you think are the chances for the upcoming new breed of tablet computers? Dan Bricklin, Trellix Resume highlights: Co-developer of VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet; co-founder of Slate early pen apps developer, and Trellix, which is in Web site publishing and managed hosting.

8. Topic: The Industry • What prompted a history and Middle Eastern studies student to become part of the technology industry? • What is the single most significant change in technology you have seen since your days at Apollo and your role now as the leader of HP’s “Always On Internet Infrastructure” program? • What is your view on the Linux movement? Marilyn Edling, Hewlett-Packard Resume highlights: Leads HP’s Always-On Internet Infrastructure program; joined the company in 1989 when HP acquired Apollo Computer

9. Topic: Human Factors • In your opinion, what were some of the shortcomings of the Newton? Why didn’t it catch on? • How many different computing devices do you think people will own/use in the future? When is that future? • What’s next in interface development? Steve Sakoman, PalmSource Resume highlights: Co-founder and COO, Be Inc. (acquired by Palm) Started up Apple’s Newton development team, involved in Apple II and Macintosh CPU design.

10. Topic: Web Services • Up until recently, you have really been known for your work with the object software movement? Can you explain how that movement in the 1990s really laid the groundwork for a lot of the developments we see happening now ? • What are Web services? And why do they matter? Chris Stone, Novell Resume highlights: Founder of the Object Management Group, which led early standards effort in object-technology and component software development. Also founder of Tilion, focused on supply chain technology.