cloudstreet-dev/What-We-Lost-When-Unix-Won

What We Lost When Unix Won examines the design decisions that became invisible once they became universal. Lisp Machines, Smalltalk, Plan 9, Oberon, BeOS — serious proposals for what computing could be. This book makes those alternatives visible again and asks what's recoverable in 2026.

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• What We Lost When Unix Won (7 points, 0 comments, by DavidCanHelp, 2026-05-11)