I hate to jump into an off-topic thread, but multics was developed at MIT.
Ya gotta love the rings (Ninth and nevermost, Zero is God).
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From: Deryk Barker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 12:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [expert] OT: Perfect operating system
Thus spake Stephen F. Bosch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
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> It should be pointed out that AmigaDOS was modeled on Unix, and yes,
> many people loved Multics (was that Control Data?)
Wasn't AmigDOS based on Martin Richards' Tripos? Multics was
originally GE then Honeywell when GE bowed out of the computer
business in 1971.
>
> The operative word is "loved" =)
Well there are still a couple of sites running it, but you don't stop
loving something just 'cos it's dead...
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