3COM.
3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. founder Robert metcalfe Robert Melancton Metcalfe (born April 7[1], 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American technology pioneer who co-invented Ethernet with David Boggs, founded 3Com and formulated Metcalfe's Law. As of January 2006, he is a general partner of Polaris Venture Partners. on the financial burden imposed by his
company's LAN Manager royalty contract with Microsoft: When we
first entered this partnership, I joked that a partnership with
Microsoft was like black widow spiders black widow spider
poisonous spider; consumes her mate after mating. [Zoology: NCE, 308]
See : Deadliness mating--yould be lucky to get out
of it alive." (Quoted in PC Week, 1/14/91)
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