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17 AristotlePagaltzis 1 A multi-user operating system based on the earlier (1960's) operating system [Multics] ("MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service"). BellLabs felt [Multics] was getting bloated, so they wrote their own system called [Unix], which was "Multics without the balls" or "only one of whatever Multics was supposed to be a lot of".
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3 There is one important dichotomy in the [Unix] world: the [BSD]ish systems and the [SysV]ish systems.
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5 See also:
6 * [UNIX] for the Trademark
7 * Our OperatingSystem wiki page for a list of [Unix]-like ones
8 * [http://www.webopaedia.com/TERM/U/UNIX.html]
9 * [The UNIX Time-Sharing System|http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/cacm.html]
19 AristotlePagaltzis 10 * [UNIX History | http://www.levenez.com/unix/] (serious) [1]
16 JohnMcPherson 11 * [UNIX History | http://www.wards.net/~bill/humor/geek/unix-history.shtml] (humourous)
12 * [POSIX]
13 * WhyUnix
14 * JargonFile:UNIX
15 * JargonFile:Multics
16 * WikiPedia:UNIX
17 * WikiPedia:Multics
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19 [1] There is a must-see graph of the mess that is the history of [Unix] here.
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