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# A Brief History of Computing
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One of the best resources for learning about the history of computers, is the history of the Unix machine! Classy name, right?
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Computers started by reading punchcards; though eventually a language was developed to make their processes more automated. That language was C, or the seed that would grow into the C language. The system it was designed to build and maintain was call Unix.
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A gentleman named Bill Gates soon started developing another system using the BASIC language; and this is how Microsoft as we know it, began.
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It is important to note that C and Unix were originally created through the funding of Bell South Atlantic Labs and various US Universities researching computer engineering. Through a few coincidences, and convenient mishaps, C & Unix were made *open-source*; anyone could read the source code!
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Early on, Microsoft differentiated itself from this trend, opting to be built on proprietary, or closed-source, code. And now open-source software is a growing norm, with open-source software available for most any application one might like to pursue. While the use of computers so common that a new problem has arisen.
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Curiously enough during a lull in Unix development, while lawyers were deliberating, and individual named Linux Torvald created the Linux kernal; based on the original BSD Unix kernal, though entirely open-source.
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And so, Linux was born spawning variants used across the world and the world's most prominant base for servers, and cloud computing. |