Regarding "Unix: small and hacked together, success."
My favorite part was:
"He allocated one week each to the four core components of operating system, shell, editor and assembler."
Now that is a productive four weeks!
Maybe the lesson is, if you don't have a working prototype after four weeks, you're doing it wrong. At least when it comes to software. I mean, if that's what it takes for one guy to bang out the first draft of Unix...
My favorite part was:
"He allocated one week each to the four core components of operating system, shell, editor and assembler."
Now that is a productive four weeks!
Maybe the lesson is, if you don't have a working prototype after four weeks, you're doing it wrong. At least when it comes to software. I mean, if that's what it takes for one guy to bang out the first draft of Unix...