Project 1: Reading "The Unix Time–Sharing System"

by: burt rosenberg
at: university of miami
date: 2 sep 2026

Goals

• To learn about the Unix operating system design principles.
• To contact the history of Unix.
• To be familiar with Unix commands.

Specific steps

• Read The UNIX Time-sharing System, Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thomson.
• Discuss with an AI about this paper, providing a resume showing you questioned some of the topics in this paper. For instance, you questioned the need for portability.
• Commit by Sept 9 the PDF file proj1-the-unix-system.pdf via the project git repository.

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author: burton rosenberg
created: 2 sep 2026
update: 2 sep 2026