For more information


On the development of UNIX, see Dennis M. Ritchie, The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974. Copies are available from three sources:

On the history of UNIX in general, see


On Dennis Ritchie, see http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/

On Ken Thompson, see http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/ken/

On Multics, see http://www.multicians.org/history.html

On The Open Group, see ???

On the Santa Cruz Organization, see ???

On the history of computing, see

On using UNIX, there are many books available at book stores and librarys. Also see www.bell-labs.com/books/ . A few books worth mentioning are: