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  • AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System

    Watch new AT&T Archive films every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at http://techchannel.att.com/archives In the late 1960s, Bell Laboratories computer scientists Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson started work on a project that was inspired by an opera...
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  • Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie Explain UNIX (Bell Labs)

    Segment from an AT&T Bell Labs (BTL) promotional film (circa 1980s) featuring UNIX creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie briefly explaining the UNIX environment. In cameo roles you'll see UNIX luminaries Greg Chesson (in the wine red shirt) and...
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  • Code in peace: remembering Dennis Ritchie, father of C & Unix

    Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (source: Wikipedia ) I was very sad to read a post from Jon "Maddog" Hall yesterday evening revealing the news that Dennis Ritchie has passed away at the age of 70. Ritchie created the C programming language and was the…