> I strongly believe that the non-existent of complicated file structures are actually by design not by chance by Unix authors, and perhaps at the time is mainl

> I strongly believe that the non-existent of complicated file structures are actually by design not by chance by Unix authors, and perhaps at the time is mainly due to the limitation of the hardware And Unix was just a return to the basics of CTSS, which also was the precursor to ITS. This is not to mention the numerous micro OSes independent of Unix that didn’t live in the bubble of Multics. I don’t think Unix was really original in that regard (but it won, so everybody just assumes they did everything first) - and claiming that everything they undid from an all but forgotten ancient overengineered system was an invention is a bit contrived. “In most ways UNIX is a very conservative system. Only a handful of its ideas are genuinely new. In fact, a good case can be made that it is in essence a modern implementation of MIT’s CTSS system. This claim is intended as a compliment to both UNIX and CTSS” - dmr