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- JdeBPMarshall Kirk McKusick, mentioned in this comic, was still committing changes to FreeBSD as of last August:* https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/sbin/restore?id=2cefae4c...
- lprovenIt's cute, but why is it a comic? The comic adds nothing to the narrative. It's a tweet-length text history with illustrations, not a comic in the sense of comic strip as medium.
- alexfortinLooks nice, too bad though it doesn't expose any sort of RSS/Atom feed, if I can't add it to my feed reader I'll soon forget about it.
- getfaclOne of these days I need to write up my non-mythology version of the BSD story and dispel some of the popular retcons.
- tcnevinI like this. Not sure if it matters too much but reverse order made me pause.
- mixmastamykNeat. Found an issue in chapter 3, first sentence says electronic computers were during WWII, but they were electro-mechanical… they used relays. Vac tubes came later, ENIAC was finished after the war finished, for example.
- lioetersLove this. The human touch of illustration, and classic stories from computer history. I'm going through the entire series up to now, it's great.My favorite panel so far: What is a real programmer? https://fosscomics.com/posts/6.%20The%20Origin%20of%20the%20...
- jolmg> bundling the Pascal system with ex, a line editor developed from em.What's em? I thought it was developed from ed.
- GudBill Joy, the unsung hero of the computer revolution.
- BikiniPrinceIt absolutely needs like 52 panels. I hope they integrate some politics by panel 1025.
- BiscuitEater546Good I like it
