A video: “The Rise of Unix. The Seeds of its Fall”

00:06 Origin and evolution of Unix as a time-sharing system in tech history

02:11 Transition from Multics project to new file system development

04:11 Unix became widely useful due to the ability to make changes to files on any device.

06:09 Unix’s unexpected popularity and spread due to humble hardware and attractive programming language C

08:15 Unix was easier to modify and acquire

10:15 Berkeley and Bill Joy contribute to the rise of Unix

12:29 Berkeley as Unix coordinating gateway, DARPA’s role

14:44 SunOS and Commercialization of Unix


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