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What we take for granted today was once brand new and hard won.

• AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  True. But what was new in Unix? What specifically?
  • mav3rick 6y ago
    Multitasking
    • AnimalMuppet 6y ago
      Didn't Multics have that? I mean, Multics never went anywhere, but the theory wasn't new to Unix, was it?
      • stevofolife 6y ago
        Back then, Multics was designed to run on expensive and specialized proprietary hardware where as Unix could run on a variety of cheap computers. One can say the philosophy behind Unix was new. I'm sure that's why modular and micro kernel designs caught on.
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