In 2002 Anders Jensen-Urstad asked some computing pioneers and well known programmers to share screenshots of their desktops, then did it again in 2015. This post presented and commented the screenshots.

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Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015

Same people, 13 years later.

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Ken Thompson Recalls Unix’s Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins

Ken Thompson's vivid recollection of the rowdy roomful of geeks at Bell Labs who built the digital world in a spirit of open play.

thenewstack.io/ken-thompson-re…

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Ken Thompson Recalls Unix's Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins - The New Stack

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