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Bell Labs Unix Group Disbanded

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sad-days-of-history dept.

wandazulu writes "Peter Salus over at UnixReview.com is reporting that AT&T Department 1127, responsible for creating and maintaining Unix, has been officially disbanded. The article provides an interesting "where are they now?" list of the original authors of Unix."

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  1. The real question is by igny · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is cooking at Department # 1337.

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    1. Re:The real question is by paulius_g · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're just a bunch of 14 year olds playing Counter-Strike and "pwning n00bs".

      Very complicated stuff, I must admit.

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  2. Re:Serious question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    dude, they wrote UNIX. Buy a clue (or some Ritchie/Kernighan editions) and get back to installing your nightly windoze patches.