{"id":95,"date":"2009-08-06T01:23:40","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T17:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tzlee.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2009-10-14T03:47:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T19:47:15","slug":"3com-vanished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tzlee.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/3com-vanished\/","title":{"rendered":"3Com Vanished?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems 3Com<\/a> has silently vanished from the desktop networking scene. I had a flashback into the past as I dug out some old 10\/100 3Com NICs. I wanted to install them into my server so I could test out a virtual router but couldn’t find Windows 2008 drivers for them at all.<\/p>\n

\"3Com<\/a>

3Com 595 and 905B NICs.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the end, I installed an Intel NIC and it worked perfectly off default drivers found in Windows 2008.<\/p>\n

3Com made pretty decent hardware back in the late 90s – I still have some SuperStack switches and an OfficeConnect hub lying around. These stuff seem to work forever.<\/p>\n

I was quite surprised because 3Com used to be the choice for desktop networking until sometime in 2000 when things started to change – they exited the enterprise market<\/a> and focused on the then-popular Palm brand. On July 31st 2000, 3Com’s share fell sharply<\/a> after it spun off Palm. Later that year, their Chief Executive quit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2003, 3Com went into a joint venture with Huawei<\/a>, now known as H3C<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oddly after checking 3Com’s website, they are back in the enterprise market again, but things will never be the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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