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   groovee@cyberdude.com to Grant Taylor   
   Re: MASSIVE scale of servers pt. 2   
   20 Mar 20 10:24:25   
   
   On Thursday, 19 March 2020 06:23:11 UTC+5:30, Grant Taylor  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > What is custom hardware?   
   >   
   > Is a Linux box that you build from parts and and run a customized   
   > distribution custom hardware?   
      
   No, custom ELECTRONICS. Like, ONE router which can answer all the WORLD's   
   requests which has ten MILLION output ports on the other side to which ten   
   million servers can be connected. (ones in other geographical areas will just   
   need a *wire* that long...)   
      
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