Daniel C. Lynch, a computer network engineer whose exhibitions on networking equipment helped accelerate the commercialization of the internet in the 1980s and ’90s, died on Saturday at his home in St. Helena, Calif.
His death was confirmed by his daughter Julie Lynch-Sasson, who said he had been suffering from kidney failure.
In the mid-1980s, when the internet was still the domain of academia and the government, Mr. Lynch was a computer facility manager who played a key role in the early years of data networking.
Although the internet was very small and restricted to noncommercial use, Mr. Lynch was convinced of its ultimate commercial potential.
Image Daniel C. Lynch in an undated photograph.
Persons:
Daniel C, Lynch, Julie Lynch, Sasson, Ziff Davis, ”
Organizations:
Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, of Fame
Locations:
St . Helena, Calif