Re: History of Unix

From: John W. Krahn (krahnj_at_acm.org)
Date: 11/16/03 

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 06:41:54 GMT

don wrote:
>
> I am doing a report on Unix... my teacher wants me to write about the
> history of Unix, why it is used today, what machines it works well on, what
> machines it does not work well on, what type of applications is Unix good
> for, inotherwords my report has to be on why we use Unix today and how it
> differs from all the other operating systems out there... what makes this
> report difficult is that when I go to the library all I find are books on
> Unix commands.... which is not really what this report has to be on....
> could someone please recommend a good book which would answer these
> questions.... my teacher is expecting 12 to 15 pages on this.... so lets
> get going on this please :-) thanks for any book suggestions you may
> have....

"The Unix Philosophy" by Mike Gancarz ISBN 1555581234
"A Quarter Century of Unix" by Peter H. Salus ISBN 0201547775

John 

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