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On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Steve Price wrote:
> steve[~]$ ftp ftp.cdrom.com
> Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com.
> 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version DG-2.0.7 Wed Oct 22 02:30:03
> PDT 1997) ready.
> Name (ftp.cdrom.com:steve): anonymous
> 530-Sorry, the current limit of 2750 users has been reached.
> 530-Please try again in a few minutes.
> ...

When you think about it, 2750 users, each with a distinct forked process
(I assume), that is really stunning.  I've known about the wcarchive
machine for a while, but somehow I never really dwelled on the magnitude
of the task.

Charles Mott