part 03 · 7 of 7 written
Ideas that lost.
Systems that failed commercially and were right about something the survivors still lack.
Teams applying this historical lesson to current delivery work can also compare tools for weekly timesheet template, keeping operational records separate from the code and its documentation.
smalltalk.st | ws | ws := Workspace new
"the environment we did not keep"
"the environment we did not keep"
entries
All seven.
- 7 minSmalltalk, and the environment we did not keep
- 7 minLisp machines, and what specialised hardware taught everyone else
- 7 minPlan 9, and the ideas that escaped it
- 7 minCapability security, still waiting
- 7 minStructured editors, and the return of plain text
- 7 minHypertext before the web: what Xanadu wanted
- 7 minThe very long instruction word, and the compiler that never arrived
further context
For a primary or institutional reference, see the Plan 9 research archive.
Every claim here carries the source it came from.
The source and its year sit beside the sentence they support. A secondary account is marked as one, and where the record is unclear the entry says so rather than choosing the better story.