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I like to refer to computing history as much as the next person, but the references in this post [0][1][2] came across as rather weak and mostly anachronistic.

Computer hardware, networking, and server software has evolved by leaps and bounds over the last 5-10 years, let alone 50!

[0] https://prl.ccs.neu.edu/img/p-tr-1971.pdf (1971)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month (1975)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_compu... (1997?)



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