Post 289873 by lilo@mastodonten.de
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 (DIR) Post #289590 by phiofx@mastodon.partecipa.digital
       2018-08-30T23:33:23Z
       
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       "Architects look at thousands of buildings during their training, and study critiques of those buildings written by masters. In contrast, most software developers only ever get to know a handful of large programs well—usually programs they wrote themselves—and never study the great programs of history. As a result, they repeat one another's mistakes rather than building on one another's successes. "  #opensourcehttps://aosabook.org/en/index.html
       
 (DIR) Post #289873 by lilo@mastodonten.de
       2018-08-31T18:03:46Z
       
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       @phiofx What are the great programs of history? Does someone know one?
       
 (DIR) Post #289874 by vertigo@mastodon.social
       2018-09-29T20:28:18Z
       
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       @lilo @phiofx It will, of course, depend on which domain you're talking about.  For operating systems, there's MVS, DEC VMS, AmigaOS, Unix 6th Edition, QNX, ...etc.For GUIs, it's generally considered fact that the original QuickDraw was especially elegant.Etc.I guess it boils down to asking domain experts what they think the classics are.
       
 (DIR) Post #289875 by ACE_Recliner@misskey.xyz
       2018-09-29T20:34:09.652Z
       
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       @lilo@mastodonten.de @phiofx@mastodon.partecipa.digital @vertigo@mastodon.social https://github.com/jon-jacky/Piety/blob/master/doc/precursors.md This page, while not at all comprehensive, can be a good jumping off point for "prior art" to study in the operating systems field