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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years
(spectrum.ieee.org)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I've never heard it called foreskin, that's pretty funny, but FYI, the proper term is "boot". And I'm a big fan of no boots in the rack. They are nice for desks and places cables might be rearranged constantly, but in switches and backs of servers they just slow you down.