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Aucbvax.4760 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Wed Oct 28 17:18:46 1981 Unix and Multics >From farber@udel Wed Oct 28 14:10:12 1981 Sorry but they were not really started at the same time unless my memory is really suffering from old age (I was on the original BTL Multics effort). Remember Multics was a joint MIT-BTL-GE effort and spanned many years. Think you will find that Unix was really a reaction to the severe case of stretched development and lateness of Multics at BTL-MH and thus the complete lack of interactive capabilites (MH was REDUCED to running gecos).

Dave

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