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+[03] WHAT IS THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM?
+     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.  UNIX inhereted features
+     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.  The system was never
+     standardized though its name suggested UNIformity.  The west coast was
+     given the UNIX source code and soon Berkeley UNIX (BSD) was born.
+     SYSTEM 5 and BSD have a distinct flavor which sets them apart.  Many
+     view SYSTEM 5 hackers as being conservative while BSD hackers are
+     seen as being liberal.
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