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| + | ==== [03] WHAT IS THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM? ==== | ||
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| + | UNIX originated in 1969 when Ken Thompson, facinated with the game | ||
| + | Space Travel, decided it would be easier to write an operating | ||
| + | system for the DEC PDP-7 to run his game rather than to write a | ||
| + | PDP-7 cross compiler on the lab's GE-645. | ||
| + | from MULTiplexed Information and Computer System (MULTICS), a project | ||
| + | that Bell Labs, General Electric and RAND were involved in. However, | ||
| + | Ken never bothered to include more important features of MULTICS. | ||
| + | After all, UNIX was just for a game. But, UNIX became popular in the | ||
| + | labs and soon was given away to Universites. | ||
| + | standardized though its name suggested UNIformity. | ||
| + | given the UNIX source code and soon Berkeley UNIX (BSD) was born. | ||
| + | SYSTEM 5 and BSD have a distinct flavor which sets them apart. | ||
| + | view SYSTEM 5 hackers as being conservative while BSD hackers are | ||
| + | seen as being liberal. | ||