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The success of Dilbert is largely due to its accurately documenting the path that Multics followed. ^_^
by heresie-dabord 3y ago
The success of Dilbert is largely due to its accurately documenting the path that Multics followed. ^_^
- p_l 3y agoThe path that people think Multics followed. What is left out is that Project MAC was ridiculously ambitious. As in, most operating systems, and probably all multiuser/interactive ones, have Multics in the "tree of inventions" behind them. The issue is that Bell Labs wanted something smaller and more immediately usable and ultimately they got it by accident because few programmers had seen the future and started to miss it.