#1 2019-08-30 19:51:34
sleep.
As a long time Linux user I found this article to be of passing interest.
Maybe its pervasiveness has long obscured its origins. But Unix, the operating system that in one derivative or another powers nearly all smartphones sold worldwide, was born 50 years ago from the failure of an ambitious project that involved titans like Bell Labs, GE, and MIT. Largely the brainchild of a few programmers at Bell Labs, the unlikely story of Unix begins with a meeting on the top floor of an otherwise unremarkable annex at the sprawling Bell Labs complex in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
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#2 2019-08-30 20:04:51
matty.the.damned wrote:
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As a long time Linux user I found this article to be of passing interest.
Beat me to it. Then again, I was on a twx terminal dialup to one of their host systems in 1970 so maybe not.
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#3 2019-08-30 21:09:51
For a detailed history of the subject, read "Where Wizards Stay up Late: The Origins of the Internet."
Matt Lyon, who wrote the book with his wife, was a classmate of mine.
edit: Shit, sorry. This sounds almost fucking stupid as the guy who claims he invented email.
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#4 2019-09-26 12:13:08
The real guy who invented Linux was the lawyer at Bell Labs who wrote the execrable licensing terms for Multics. It cost so much to license the OS that they gave you the mainframe for free.
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#5 2019-09-27 21:09:57
GooberMcNutly wrote:
The real guy who invented Linux was the lawyer at Bell Labs who wrote the execrable licensing terms for Multics. It cost so much to license the OS that they gave you the mainframe for free.
I just remember that our first server was delivered in one box, and the manuals were in three other boxes.
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