... With Proper Design, The Features Come

From An Operating System Research Point Of View, Unix Is If Not Dead Certainly Old Stuff, And It's Clear That People Should Be Looking Beyond It.

Obviously, The Person Who Had Most Influence On My Career Was Ken Thompson. Unix Was Basically His, Likewise C's Predecessor, Likewise Much Of The Basis Of Plan 9 (though Rob Pike Was The Real Force In Getting It Together). And In The Meantime Ken Created The First Computer Chess Master And Pretty Much Rewrote The Book On Chess Endgames. He Is Quite A Phenomenon.

... With Proper Design, The Features Come Cheaply. This Approach Is Arduous, But Continues To Succeed.

Some Consider Unix To Be The Second Most Important Invention To Come Out Of At&t Bell Labs After The Transistor.

A Language That Doesn't Have Everything Is Actually Easier To Program In Than Some That Do