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40 Years of Multics, 1969-2009

Posted by timothy on from the before-my-appearance-in-the-womb dept.

gribll writes "October 2009 marked an important milestone in the history of computing. It was exactly 40 years since the first Multics computer system was used at MIT. The interview is with Multics co-developer, MIT Professor and Turing Award winner Fernando J. Corbato. Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) is regarded as the foundation of modern time-sharing systems. Multics was the catalyst for the development of Unix and has been used as a model of operating system design since its release four decades ago. There is also a picture gallery of Multics history."

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  1. Remember punch cards by jessica77 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have a fellow in my office who cannot seem to stop talking about punch cards, he also has a dilbert cartoon for it. Life has changed so much with the advent of computers, especially the desktop PC's / MACs

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  2. Re:obKanye by Finallyjoined!!! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Huh? youa noa speaka noa sensea!.

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  3. Re:obKanye by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Redundant?? I was the first and only one complaining about that at the time of submission.

    Retarded moderators again?

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  4. Re:obKanye by goose-incarnated · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Redundant?? I was the first and only one complaining about that at the time of submission.

    Retarded moderators again?

    Now thats redundant :-)

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