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Was the Morris Worm, which brought down a huge percentage of Unix Servers in 1988, the result of C? In any case, there was definitely a network that was being
by claystu 12y ago
Was the Morris Worm, which brought down a huge percentage of Unix Servers in 1988, the result of C?
In any case, there was definitely a network that was being used by a lot of people by 1988.
- greenyoda 12y agoI think you're overestimating the impact of the Morris Worm - there weren't all that many servers to bring down. The first commercial ISP in the U.S. was founded in 1989.[1] Until then, only a few people in universities and the tech and defense industries had access to the internet. According to this chart[2], the number of internet hosts in 1992 is barely distinguishable from zero on today's scale. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider#Hist... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Number_of_internet_hosts.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Number_of_internet_hosts....