[arachne] Re: Why folks install Linux on servers]

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The history of Unix is fascinating and entertaining as is the development
of networking and the internet. A little knowledge of this history
helps you see how dependent Microsoft and Apple were on the work of
truly creative people who worked in the university and research environment.


Greg Mayman said:

> I am currently reading a book called "The Dream Machine: J. C. R.
> Licklider and the Revolution that made Computing Personal" by M.
> Mitchell Waldrop and have just read the part where Ken Thompson
> and Dennis Ritchie invented Unix.
>
> If any of our listees see this book, they should grab it. It is
> absolutely fascinating!
>
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