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Linus Torvalds was born on December 28, 1969. First edition of Unix released on November 3, 1971. The first edition of the Unix PROGRAMMER’S MANUAL [by] K. Thompson [and] D. M. Ritchie.
How old is Unix?
Unix
| Evolution of Unix and Unix-like systems | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna at Bell Labs |
| Initial release | Development started in 1969 First manual published internally in November 1971 Announced outside Bell Labs in October 1973 |
| Available in | English |
Who invented Unix?
It certainly was for Ken Thompson and the late Dennis Ritchie, two of the greats of 20th-century information technology, when they created the Unix operating system, now considered one of the most inspiring and influential pieces of software ever written.
