To Those Who Face A Rejection … “I have read with dismay your presentation ‘Draft Ethernet Overview’”

You may be an academic who has failed to receive funding for a major grant proposal, or a researcher whose paper has been trashed, or budding innovator who has been turned down because someone does see your market potential. If so, read on …

There are so many people around who fail to see potential, and it is often easier to say “No!”, than “Yes, but here’s some advice”. So for all the people how have received paper rejections or have been rejected within their innovations, here is the perfect example of why you must strive on:

The Internet was build by Ethernet … okay, IP and TCP helped a good deal, but it was Ethernet that really made it all work. Without that last connection, we would still be running modems onto the telephone network. Ethernet has been a truly transformative thing in our world. The first few lines are crushing: