Reflections on software research

ABSTRACT

Can the circumstances that existed in Bell Labs that nurtured the UNIX project be produced again?

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Management, Performance, Theory