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Unix Creators Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie Win Japan Prize

  Submitted by jimmy1971 2011-01-25 Unix No Comments

Today, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, the two Bell labs scientists which began creating the Unix operating system in 1969, have been named as winners of the 2011 Japan Prize for information and communications.

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