A Brief History Of Unix
Despite powering over 90% of cloud workloads today, Unix (and Linux with it) had humble beginnings. Jim Hall discusses how Unix from Bell Labs in the 1970s became the backbone of many modern operating systems. The Origins of Unix In the early days of computing, users interacted with the computer through a variety of byzantine means. The original ENIAC didn’t even feature a “programming interface” like we think of such things today; instead, programmers connected separate “functional units” together using plugs and wires....