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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.
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@gomerx, I fear that world in which Unix `spread so far so quickly' was different—and smaller.
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The internet makes the world very small. These people where sharing code by shipping magnetic tapes.
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@gomerx, the Internet brings the world *closer*. It doesn't decrease the number of people in it or lessen the diversity.
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@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.