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I still remember in 1996 searching for GNU online only to discover they weren’t running on their own domain, instead something buried on (IIRC) mit.edu. I also
by macintux 4y ago
I still remember in 1996 searching for GNU online only to discover they weren’t running on their own domain, instead something buried on (IIRC) mit.edu.
I also couldn’t find any gcc binaries for Solaris online, had to steal a copy from my school’s IT administrator to help get a startup up and running.
They definitely have serious challenges with inertia.
- teddyh 4y agoProbably prep.ai.mit.edu. MIT does that kind of thing; It’s like tsx-11.mit.edu, the famous US Linux FTP mirror, which was, IIRC, originally Theodore Ts'o personal workstation at MIT.