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This is a simplification of Unix history, but is in accordance with the fact that the first eager knon programmer) users of Unix were the people typing patents
by linschn 5y ago
This is a simplification of Unix history, but is in accordance with the fact that the first eager knon programmer) users of Unix were the people typing patents applications at Bell Labs.
See e.g. "unix, a history and a memoir" by Brian kernigan
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoI was thinking of it being sold to management as a typesetting system because Bell didn't do OS development. Unfortunately I don't have a reference immediately at hand.
- kqr 5y agoThat's funny. Not at all related but the Sidewinder heat-seeking missile got its budget from the fuses department, because it was "an intelligent fuse". (That's where it got its budget, but formally it was sold to management as "a rocket with fire control inside" because China Lake was allowed to work on rockets and fire control – they were expressly forbidden to work on guided missiles.)