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Readings on History of Unix?
Looking for some reading material about the early history of systems and computing such as on the origins of Unix.
- slater 4y agoDoesn't quite fit, but it's a classic and takes place in the UNIX world of the 80s: The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
- auroralimon 4y agoKernighan’s history of unix, amazon has it, it might be print on demand “ UNIX: A History and a Memoir”
- fargle 4y agoA great place to start: https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/ https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/ https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html A long while ago, I once had the fortune to exchange emails with Dennis Richie. He was a wonderful man, extremely helpful and kind.
- pid-1 4y agoI'm actually creating a Unix/GNU/POSIX/Linux timeline for young folks at $JOB. Might post here later. I've found younger devs / sysadmins struggle hard due lack of context. Most systems work as they do today for historical, not technical reasons.
- atsaloli 4y agoA Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus https://www.amazon.com/Quarter-Century-UNIX-Peter-Salus/dp/0201547775 https://www.amazon.com/Quarter-Century-UNIX-Peter-Salus/dp/0...