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-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" "only one of whatever Multics was supposed to be a lot of".
+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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+There is one important dichotomy in the [Unix] world: the [BSD]ish systems and the [SysV]ish systems
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See also:
* [UNIX] for the Trademark
* Our OperatingSystem wiki page for a list of [Unix]-like ones
