Happy 40th UNIX
August 2009 marks the 40th birthday of the UNIX operating system. In August 1969, Ken Thompson, used the monthlong absence of his wife and son to sit down and code some of the most important software ever. Thompson spent a week each writing the operating system, a shell, an editor and an assembler for what would eventually be called UNIX. Thompson and colleague, Dennis Ritchie, began coming up with ideas for UNIX earlier in 1969, but it was in August of 1969 that my favorite operating system of all-time was given life.
I was first introduced to UNIX in the mid-1990's and I liked the operating system so much that I sought a new position to begin working as a System Administrator. I love the tools of UNIX and Unix-like operating systems so much that all the computers my family uses have a UNIX or UNIX-like operating system on them.
In truth UNIX is just as important to anyone reading this blog entry, it was UNIX that was used to build the Internet and UNIX in it's many flavors is still very much a part of the backbone of the Internet you know and use today. Happy 40th UNIX!
