William “Bill” Carrico, Jr. is a significant figure in commercial computer networking. In this second oral history interview, David Brock and Marc Weber talk to Carrico about the trajectory of his career after 3Com, covering his leadership of Network Computing Devices, his co-founding of Precept Software with Judy Estrin, the sale of Precept to Cisco, his management career at Cisco, and the creation of Packet Design, a networking software firm.
