Obviously, The Person Who Had

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

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.

The True-gnu Philosophy Is More Extreme Than I Care For, But It Certainly Laid A Foundation For The Current Scene, As Well As Providing Real Software.

I've Done A Reasonable Amount Of Travelling, Which I Enjoyed, But Not For Too Long At A Time.

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.