1979 – Year of Revolutions

• Sony introduces the Walkman
• Apple builds first Mac
• Microsoft develops MS-DOS
• Three students develop the Usenet

Usenet – Facts and Figures

• Over 2,500 terabytes of data
• 5 terabytes of data added daily
• Over 60,000 newsgroups
• 8 server farms worldwide
• Retention: Binaries up to 1014 days, text files up to 1,500 days

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