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I don't know that I would call Linux "one of the first". Usenet had been around for a long time, and there were plenty of projects that were enabled via Usenet
by tytso 8y ago
I don't know that I would call Linux "one of the first". Usenet had been around for a long time, and there were plenty of projects that were enabled via Usenet and mailing lists. For example, perl predates Linux by four years.
- acheron 8y agoIt's also why NetHack (from 1987) was called "Net"Hack.
- bch 8y agoAnd “Net”BSD. Collaborating over the Internet was novel at the time.
- cuspycode 8y agoI distinctly remember when I became aware of NNTP, the new protocol that allowed Usenet to be distributed almost in real-time, using TCP/IP instead of UUCP. Electronic mail, file transfers, and remote terminals already existed using various other protocols, but seeing Usenet over the Internet made me realize that something new and exciting was about to happen (and a few years later that turned out to be Tim Berners-Lee).
- chiefalchemist 8y agoPardon me for mis-paraphrasing a 300 page book. The key I left out was that Linux went on to compete with the likes of Microsoft, and is used on a significant number of internet servers. I'm pretty sure it was one of the first to start so small and acheive so much.