The previous number, set a year ago or so was 800 something and I am pretty certain that was due to a technical glitch we were having back then called "zombie processes" which is when and process that starts just keeps going so one result of that was people would leave or log off but the system just kept them and that's how the numbers added up so high.
Hopefully in a few days we'll have a more accurate measure. It won't be as high a number bit at least it will be real.
