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<TITLE>The Creation of the UNIX* Operating System</TITLE>
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<h3><FONT color="FF0000">This is an archival site</FONT></H3>
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<H2>The Creation of the UNIX<SUP>*</SUP> Operating System</H2>
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<P>After three decades of use, the <A HREF="#" TITLE="UNIX is a
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registered trademark of The Open Group"
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onClick="MM_openBrWindow('trademark.html','trademark','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=200,height=200')">UNIX*</A>
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computer operating system from Bell Labs is still regarded as one of
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the most powerful, versatile, and flexible operating systems (OS) in
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the computer world. Its popularity is due to many factors, including
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its ability to run a wide variety of machines, from micros to
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supercomputers, and its portability -- all of which led to its
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adoption by many manufacturers.</P>
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<P>Like another legendary creature whose name also ends in 'x,' UNIX
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rose from the ashes of a multi-organizational effort in the early
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1960s to develop a dependable timesharing operating system.</P>
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<P>The joint effort was not successful, but a few survivors from
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Bell Labs tried again, and what followed was a system that offers
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its users a work environment that has been described as "of
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unusual simplicity, power, and elegance...."</P>
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<P>The system also fostered a distinctive approach to software
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design -- solving a problem by interconnecting simpler tools, rather
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than creating large monolithic application programs.</P>
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<P>Its development and evolution led to a new philosophy of
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computing, and it has been a never-ending source of both challenges
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and joy to programmers around the world.</P>
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<P>Next: <A HREF="chaos.html">Before Multics there was chaos, and
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afterwards, too</A></P>
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="fixLI"><A HREF="index.html" TITLE="First page">The Creation of the UNIX* Operating System</A></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="fixLI"><A HREF="tutorial.html" TITLE="Explanation of the basics of UNIX">An Overview of the UNIX* Operating System</A></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="fixLI"><A HREF="ritchiebio.html">Dennis Ritchie -- Biography</A></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="fixLI"><A HREF="thompsonbio.html">Ken Thompson -- Biography</A></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="fixLI"><A HREF="blcontributions.html">Bell Labs' Early Contributions to Computer Science</A></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="fixLI"><A HREF="ltcontributions.html">Lucent's Contributions to Computer Science, Software and Data Transmission</A></SPAN></LI>
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<LI><SPAN CLASS="fixLI"><A HREF="moreinfo.html">For more information</A></SPAN></LI>
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