It proved to a skeptical industry that a single copy of Windows could serve dozens of humans simultaneously. It paved the way for the remote work revolution of the 2010s and the pandemic-driven WFH surge of 2020. Every time you click "Remote Desktop Connection" and see that familiar bar at the top of the screen, remember the hydra —the multi-headed beast that turned a single-user operating system into a party for fifty.
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