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Robert Madge - The Token Ring pioneer talks about his high-flying days, his company's collapse and how strengths can sometimes become weaknesses.

Does the name Robert Madge mean anything to you? It probably rings a bell, if a distant one. Madge was the founder of Madge Networks Inc., which in the late '90s was the market leader in Token Ring networking technology. The once high-flying company has since met the same fate as that of Token Ring itself: near oblivion. 

Read the article over at Computerworld here.

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