[clug] IEEE article on Unix, the forerunner of Linux.

Ian Matters iristech at gmail.com
Thu Dec 1 23:16:21 MST 2011


Thanks Steve, an interesting read especially since I've lived and worked through the period discussed in the article.

Cheers,
Ian Matters
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On 2 Dec 2011, at 3:24 PM, steve jenkin wrote:

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> Even if you know the history of Unix, this is a fine article.
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> "The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix"
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> The classic operating system turns 40, and its progeny abound
> By WARREN TOOMEY  /  DECEMBER 2011
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> <http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-strange-birth-and-long-life-of-unix/0>
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> Warren runs 'The Unix Heritage Society' site and has a collection of
> PDP-11 emulators:
> <http://www.tuhs.org/wiki/The_Unix_Heritage_Society>
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