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		nickdothutton on May 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Multics Public Access The future was taken away from what it might have been.

larsbrinkhoff on May 12, 2021 [–]

There's this idea that Multics failed. Maybe because of the role it plays in Unix' origin myth. But it had a long and productive life.

smackeyacky on May 12, 2021 | [–]

Not only that, but influenced the development of operating systems like GCOS (which predated it as GECOS), which is still being used.

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