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1. Jeff Ratliff (gomerx)'s status on Friday, 14-Nov-2014 16:20:36 EST Jeff Ratliff

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   • mcscx
   That seems to be one of the reasons Unix spread so far so quickly. It is easy to understand and modify.
   • Joshua Judson Rosen repeated this.
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2014 22:09:25 EST Joshua Judson Rosen

     • Jeff Ratliff
     @gomerx, I fear that world in which Unix `spread so far so quickly' was different—and smaller.
   • Jeff Ratliff (gomerx)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2014 23:05:19 EST Jeff Ratliff

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     • Joshua Judson Rosen
     The internet makes the world very small. These people where sharing code by shipping magnetic tapes.
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2014 23:18:20 EST Joshua Judson Rosen

     • Jeff Ratliff
     @gomerx, the Internet brings the world *closer*. It doesn't decrease the number of people in it or lessen the diversity.
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2014 23:28:31 EST Joshua Judson Rosen

     • Jeff Ratliff
     @gomerx, I guess I mean `smaller' more in the `small town vs. big city' sense, not in the `Alaska is the biggest state in the union' sense.