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'''Incompatible Timesharing System''' ('''ITS''') is a time-sharing [[operating system]] developed principally by the [[MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]], with help from [[Project MAC]]. The name is the jocular complement of the MIT [[Compatible Time-Sharing System]] (CTSS). | '''Incompatible Timesharing System''' ('''ITS''') is a time-sharing [[operating system]] developed principally by the [[MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]], with help from [[Project MAC]]. The name is the jocular complement of the MIT [[Compatible Time-Sharing System]] (CTSS). | ||
| − | [[ITS]], and the software developed on it, were technically influential far beyond their core user community. Remote "guest" or "tourist" access was easily available via the early [[ARPAnet]], allowing many interested parties to informally try out features of the operating system and application programs. The software environment of ITS was a major influence on the [[hacker]] culture, as described in [[Steven Levy]]'s book "[[Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution|Hackers]]". | + | [[ITS]], and the software developed on it, were technically influential far beyond their core user community. Remote "guest" or "tourist" access was easily available via the early [[ARPAnet]], allowing many interested parties to informally try out features of the operating system and application programs. The software environment of [[ITS]] was a major influence on the [[hacker]] culture, as described in [[Steven Levy]]'s book "[[Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution|Hackers]]".<ref>''[http://www.dourish.com/goodies/jargon.html "The Original Hacker's Dictionary"]''</ref> |
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Incompatible Timesharing System (ITS) is a time-sharing operating system developed principally by the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, with help from Project MAC. The name is the jocular complement of the MIT Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS).
ITS, and the software developed on it, were technically influential far beyond their core user community. Remote "guest" or "tourist" access was easily available via the early ARPAnet, allowing many interested parties to informally try out features of the operating system and application programs. The software environment of ITS was a major influence on the hacker culture, as described in Steven Levy's book "Hackers".[1]
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