1979 – 3Com is founded, and it turns out that , the father of Ethernet, is the father of 3Com, too. He holds the post of CEO for three years.
1981 – The company ships its first product, an Ethernet adapter.
1984 – Its initial public offering yields $10 million in stock revenue.
1986 – The company relies on , servers and its network operating system 3+ for most of its sales.
1988 – 3Com ships 3+Open, the first network operating system based on Microsoft’s LAN Manager.