A great place to start:<p><a href="https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/</a><p><a href="https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.html</a><p>A long while ago, I once had the fortune to exchange emails with Dennis Richie. He was a wonderful man, extremely helpful and kind.
I'm actually creating a Unix/GNU/POSIX/Linux timeline for young folks at $JOB. Might post here later.<p>I've found younger devs / sysadmins struggle hard due lack of context. Most systems work as they do today for historical, not technical reasons.
A Quarter Century of UNIX by Peter Salus<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quarter-Century-UNIX-Peter-Salus/dp/0201547775" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Quarter-Century-UNIX-Peter-Salus/dp/0...</a>