[jarenmf]

They were really a big deal. For the first time there was convenient way for people to share music, books, or videos. I remember everyone in college had their USB drive on them all the time and would just casually exchange media before everyone had access to high speed Internet.

[aidenn0]

Comments like this remind me of how spoiled I was by my college network. It was before any non-geeks (and many geeks) had USB drives, but we had super fast internet access and even faster intranet; DirectConnect and various IM solutions were how people exchanged media.