Meet The Creators Of World's Most Successful Operating System


Peter Neumann:

Another prodigy from Bell Labs, Peter Neumann worked from 1960 to 1970. During his stint, he had worked on the Multics team.  Neumann was one of the main leads behind file system design and in developing input-output design along with Thompsn, Ossanna and Stan Dunten. Apart from publishing numerous articles and papers, Neumann also is the moderator of RISKS Digest and the founding editor of ACM Software Engineering Notes. Today, Neumann works as the Principal Scientist at SRI.

Rudd Canaday:

Also worked at Bell Labs from 1964 to 1989, Rudd Canaday is mainly credited as the third co-developer of Unix. Most of his accomplishments are the first ever, that is the first database server, the first company-wide application of Unix, the first internal Unix application (at AT&T), the first automated testing system, the first automated white pages/directory assistance program, and the first (or one of the first) three-dimensional file systems. He is also the co-founder and director of engineering at RHC Software.

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