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The Origins of UNIX and Its Influence on Plan 9 and Open Source
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22:55 - 32:18 (09:22)

This episode traces the history of UNIX, the Berkeley version of UNIX, and its influence on the development of Plan 9 and the open source movement.

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Dennis Ritchie's goal for the creation of UNIX was to establish a community of programmers who could effectively work on a system together.
22:55 - 25:33 (02:38)
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UNIX
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Dennis Ritchie's goal for the creation of UNIX was to establish a community of programmers who could effectively work on a system together. Although UNIX was not initially designed for word processing or as a front-end, it was widely used for those purposes due to its efficient and responsive system.

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The Origins of UNIX and Its Influence on Plan 9 and Open Source
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
Bell Labs exemplified the importance of physical proximity in driving innovation, with most employees involved with unique projects being located in close proximity to one another, allowing for easy collaboration and quick feedback.
25:33 - 27:00 (01:26)
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Collaboration
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Bell Labs exemplified the importance of physical proximity in driving innovation, with most employees involved with unique projects being located in close proximity to one another, allowing for easy collaboration and quick feedback.

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The Origins of UNIX and Its Influence on Plan 9 and Open Source
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The origins of UNIX and its connection to AT&T led to the emergence of open source software, with the Berkeley variant of UNIX eventually becoming completely free of any AT&T code.
27:00 - 29:51 (02:50)
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UNIX
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The origins of UNIX and its connection to AT&T led to the emergence of open source software, with the Berkeley variant of UNIX eventually becoming completely free of any AT&T code.

Chapter
The Origins of UNIX and Its Influence on Plan 9 and Open Source
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
Plan 9, an operating system developed in the late 1980s, took the idea of generalizing mechanisms from the original UNIX even further so that many resources were treated as file systems, allowing for a more minimal approach with fewer special cases.
29:51 - 32:18 (02:26)
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Operating Systems
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Plan 9, an operating system developed in the late 1980s, took the idea of generalizing mechanisms from the original UNIX even further so that many resources were treated as file systems, allowing for a more minimal approach with fewer special cases. The idea of reading and writing to devices and disks was also unified into a single mechanism.

Chapter
The Origins of UNIX and Its Influence on Plan 9 and Open Source
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast