Meet The Creators Of World's Most Successful Operating System
Rick Rashid:
Rick Rashid’s contribution to the Unix world was the first version of the Mach kernel, a replacement for BSD Unix. Mach was the first 64-bit version of Unix and, together with BSD, became the foundation for the Open Software Foundation's OS called OSF/1. This later on became the base for DEC/Compaq/HP, NeXT step and the Apple Mac OS X. Currently, Rashid works as the chief research officer at Microsoft.
Gordon Bell:
Even though Gordon Bell was not employed at Bell Labs, he did work with Thompson and Ritchie. Bell worked in R&D at Digital Equipment Corp for 23 years. His greatest achievement in the Unix world was the invention of a VAX minicomputer. Today, Bell is considered as the lone driving factor behind the adoption of Unix across various verticals such as supercomputers, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). At present, Bell works at Microsoft.
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