On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>MULTICS came out around 1965, which then became UNICS, then UNIX. > >UNIX was independent of MULTIX, developed by Bell Labs (Ritchie & others). Ken Thompson is credited with writing UNIX and B. It was originally called UNICS (Uniplexed Operating and Computing System). Thompson and Ritchie both worked on MULTICS (Multiplexed Operating and Computing System) Dennis Ritchie wrote C. >There is a whole web site with the history, maintained by Bell (or whatever they've become). > >UNIX was a pun on MULTICS. > Pun or derivative? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
