The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix

[sn3rd]

They say that when one door closes on you, another opens. People generally offer this bit of wisdom just to lend some solace after a misfortune. But sometimes it's actually true. It certainly was for Ken Thompson and the late Dennis Ritchie, two of the greats of 20th-century information technology, when they created the Unix operating system, now considered one of the most inspiring and influential pieces of software ever written.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-strange-birth-and-long-life-of-unix/0

Pretty awesome read

 

[psc]

Ha - Harks back to the days of running on the old AT&T 3B series (with real unix, just stir or shake)

 

[BigAl-sa]

Great find!

 

[ponder]

Great find!

+1

Fsck I hate lawyers.

 

[MickZA]

http://www.trailingedge.com/misc/Sperry50.pdf

Where it started for me, followed by SCO Xenix, SCO Unix (jumped ship when they introduced user licenses) and finally the freedom of Linux

 

[BigAl-sa]

http://www.trailingedge.com/misc/Sperry50.pdf

Where it started for me, followed by SCO Xenix, SCO Unix (jumped ship when they introduced user licenses) and finally the freedom of Linux

I also worked with the 5000/50 before moving over to Intel-based Unix boxes