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Jan Schaumann

An interesting recap of how the OS developed at Bell Labs, with many familiar names, including, of course, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Rob Pike, and many others, making appearances.

"What I Saw at the Evolution of Plan 9" by Geoff Collyer

adi.onl/oral.pdf

@jschauma It's an interesting paper and Geoff's done some great work over the years, but I find it a bit disingenuous to talk about the history of Plan 9 and refuse to acknowledge 9front even in passing. Like us or not, we've been an integral part of the operating systems progress for the last 10 years.