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Nov
MULTICS (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) source has been released for download through the MIT Multics Internet Server.
MULTICS is the system from where the UNIX operating system’s name was based. Other ideas such as its implementation of security and modularity have been implemented in some form with UNIX as well.
It’s great that software like this is being released for study, so that students and professionals may have a better understanding of how it has been implemented (and possibly how the developers thought during development through the comments).
Now, off to download the source!
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