Treffer: The Untold Story of UNIX.

Title:
The Untold Story of UNIX.
Source:
Open Source For You; Dec2025, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p16-18, 2p
Database:
Complementary Index

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The article explores the development and legacy of the UNIX operating system, highlighting its origins in the mid-1960s at Bell Telephone Laboratories and its evolution from the failed Multics project. Key figures Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie created UNIX as a simpler, more efficient alternative, initially to support a space game they were developing. The article details how UNIX's design allowed it to be easily modified and ported, leading to widespread adoption in academia and industry, and its eventual influence on modern operating systems like Linux, macOS, and Android. Ultimately, UNIX's principles of simplicity and modularity continue to shape software design today. [Extracted from the article]

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