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"Systems Software Research is Irrelevant" lamented Rob Pike in 2000
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Arthur Besse lemmy.ml cypherpunks@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-01-17
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title "A Field in Decline" above a graph captioned "New Operating Systems at SOSP", showing a decline from seven to two operating systems per year between 1979 to 1999

This talk is a polemic that distills the pessimistic side of my
feelings about systems research these days. I won’t talk much about the optimistic side, since lots of others can do that for me; everyone’s excited about the computer industry. I may therefore present a picture somewhat darker than reality. However, I think the situation is genuinely bad and requires
action.
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