Daniel C. Lynch, founder of the Major Computer Exhibition, dies at 82
Daniel C. Lynch, a computer networking engineer whose exhibits on networking equipment helped accelerate the commercialization of the Internet in the 1980s and 1990s, died Saturday at his home in St. Helena, Calif., at age 82 years old.His death was confirmed by his daughter Julie Lynch-Sasson, who said he was suffering from kidney failure.In the mid-1980s, when the Internet was still the domain of academia and government, Lynch was a computer facilities manager who played a key role in the early years of data networking. Although the Internet was very small and limited to non-commercial use, Lynch was convinced of its greatest commercial potential.Daniel C. Lynch in an undated photograph. He sold his company, Interop, to Ziff Davis in 1991 for about $25 million.Credit...The Lynch family...