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ʞuᴉԀ ✅

@smitty @sarb I remember that was literally what services such as Microsoft Network (MSN) were all about in their first iterations and what Exchange server was originally for.

Their idea was you would access everything through their network and stay on their network for the most part with proprietary systems for messages and "web" and a "gateway" that they could charge you for to access other networks such as AOL, Compuserve, or "internet messages".

7 Nov 2022 at 15:53 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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The Sarb Johal

@PeaEyeEnnKay @smitty I know! Remember when the person who knew how to interface with the Exchange server was the person who you had to suck up to the most in order to get anything down outside the internal network?

7 Nov 2022 at 23:30 | Open on mastodon.nz
ʞuᴉԀ ✅

@sarb @smitty I was 'that guy' but we were running Netware and Solaris in the backend on a dual bonded ISDN with Socks proxy and as I was the only person who knew how it all worked I was free to give people unfettered access to the internet and show them how to hide from company snooping as much as possible.

Exchange was something I was 'looking at', mostly with disdain.

8 Nov 2022 at 3:09 | Open on mastodon.social
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