I've always considered midnight, January 1, 1970 as the birthday of Unix.
January 1, 1970 is the moment Unix computers recognize as 00:00:00. That is the moment at which the Unix Epoch begins.
Although I had played around with Fortran on an IBM S370, it wasn't until I got a shell on a Unix SVR4 system that things started to make sense. Learning the shell, then grep, sed, awk, and perl felt like such a natural progression. Moving on to C gave me the opportunity to dive below the command line to learn about system calls and the kernel. I don't consider myself a programmer, but I've had a tremendous amount of fun.
I've celebrated the birth of Unix before. Back in 2001, Orion and I hosted the GeekAustin Billion Seconds of Unix Party. I'm not going to let this birthday pass without a celebration either. A few rounds of beer are in order.
As many times as you hear Unix, free, and beer in the same sentence, I decided that this party should be someplace with a large selection of beers and ample free parking.
The event was originally scheduled for the 14th, but because of the 70% chance of rain, we are moving the event to the Thursday the 21st.
I'll be announcing the location shortly.
This event is co-hosted by the Austin Chapter of the League of Professional System Administrators (http://www.lopsa-austin.org/)
Come join us!
Details:
Unix 40th Birthday Bash
Thursday, January 21th
6:00PM-8:30PM
Location: TBD
Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=229286022733
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