# What UNIX Cost Us

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> “What UNIX Cost Us” - Benno Rice (LCA 2020).  
> Benno Ricehttps://lca2020.linux.org.au/schedule/presentation/28/UNIX is a hell of a thing. From starting as a skunkworks project in Bell Labs to accidentally…

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My first job was with Unix machines. I just learned a lot of basic Unix commands. My job was to write simple scripts.