Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jun 2009 21:50 UTC, submitted by snydeq
Gary Anthes offers an overview history of Unix forty years since Ken Thompson banged out the first version in assembly language for a wimpy DEC PDP-7 minicomputer, spending one week each on the operating system, a shell, an editor, and an assembler. Also included in the package are a year-by-year time line of its evolution, and profiles of Unix giants David Korn, Rick Rashid, and Gordon Bell.
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The only thing I'd reconsider is license costs unless I can pop over to IBM or AT&T and grab the latest ISOs. But then, the BSDs are there sitting between the proprietary UNIX brands and almost universally open Linux based platforms. That does seam to fill the spectrum from billion dollar UNIX licenses through to highschool allowance affordable legal ISOs.