[clug] new book by Brian Kernighan (the 'k' in AWK) for Unix @ 50: UNIX: A History and a Memoir

[steve jenkin]

Brian recently wrote a memoir specifically for the (Nokia) Bells Labs “Unix 50” event on Oct 22/23 2019

<https://www.bell-labs.com/unix50/>
<https://www.bell-labs.com/unix50/event/>

CACM news - Celebrating 50 Years of Unix
<https://cacm.acm.org/news/240131-celebrating-50-years-of-unix/fulltext>

Bell Labs full article
<https://www.bell-labs.com/var/articles/celebrating-50-years-unix/>

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Book on BWK’s home page
<https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/>

not on his personal site yet
<http://kernighan.com>


Kindle Edition now available
UNIX: A History and a Memoir [Print Replica] Kindle Edition
A$11.99
<https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07ZQHX3R1/>

or US$8.20 <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZQHX3R1/> [for comparison only]

vs printed book US$18 
UNIX: A History and a Memoir 
<https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695978552>

~A$35 from Aus site, printed & mailed from UK :(

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Hacker News discussion
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21373800#21377690>

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Related Youtube videos

#Unix50 Anniversary Celebration
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ4JlAKnv386oUwfilOo4Qbsnf4_v5zeo>


VCF East 2019 -- Brian Kernighan interviews Ken Thompson
may 2019
Vintage Computer Federation
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o>


Oral History of Brian Kernighan
Oct 14, 2019,
Interviewed by John R. Mashey on 2017-04-24 in Princeton, Computer History Museum
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTWv-l0JhAc>


AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0>
	This film "The UNIX System: Making Computers More Productive”,
	is one of two that Bell Labs made in 1982 about UNIX's significance, impact and usability. 
	Even 10 years after its first installation, it's still an introduction to the system.


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Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design 
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