Ditto, I had been doing sysadmin as my job for a few years in 1995 and as a component of my job or as a hobby for ~5 years before that. I was decidedly a telnet/ftp guy before ssh, and dabbled a little with "ssltelnet". I mostly avoided rsh and family because I didn't love the security model.
SSH was a fantastic improvement at the time, though the whole licensing model interfered with my use for the first several years.
SSH was a fantastic improvement at the time, though the whole licensing model interfered with my use for the first several years.