Ken Thompson, creator of the Unix operating system, and Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language. Bell Labs, 1973.
Ken Thompson, creator of the Unix operating system, and Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language. Bell Labs, 1973.
The entire tech world stands on the shoulders of these two giants, I have a vault of respect for them
Bell and AT&T used to cook back then.
Are you f’ing serious ? Unix and C originated in Bell labs, too ?
Between Bell Labs and Xerox, those guys pretty much invented everything we use today !
Finally, a old picture of important people how are not celebrities.
Such a massive impact on the modern world and almost anything with a computer in it we use in our daily lives. Two of the greats!
Probably two of the most impactful humans ever to have lived.
These 2 guys!
The original greybeards!
And because they worked for the Bell Stystem, their only compensation was probably a yearly bonus based on pay. In other words, Bell System profited, not them.
I used to work for someone who every time I would say something about “piping the information out” would always say “pipes are for plumbing”
Real talk…these dudes are superhero’s to us dorks.
Damn they were already old in the 70s.
didnt one of those guys also train Kevin Mitnick?
Mitnick was like cyber enemy #1 under Slick Willie!
Bravo….. ….
Two humble men who changed the world with their day jobs. They don’t make greatness like this anymore.
UNIX. Brings back memories of all the different “flavors” of the OS. I used UNICOS and IRIX.
So much easier to learn than VAX/VMS
imo.