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6,000+, and those machines served many others (back then there were tens of thousands of machines on the Internet, but probably 10x as many that were connected
by not2b 11mo ago
6,000+, and those machines served many others (back then there were tens of thousands of machines on the Internet, but probably 10x as many that were connected to these by relays that handled email or Usenet traffic).
- tptacek 11mo agoAlso worth remember that especially with Internet-connected computers almost everything was multiuser. You did work on the Internet from a shell on a shared Unix server, not from a laptop.
- hshdhdhehd 11mo agoServerless remote workspaces as you might call them now.