Victor Alexander Vyssotsky (Russian: Виктор Александрович Высотский; February 26, 1931 - December 24, 2012 in Orleans, Massachusetts) son of the astronomers Alexander N. Vyssotsky (Russian) and Emma Vyssotsky (American) was a mathematician and computer scientist. He was the technical head of the Multics project at Bell Labs and later Executive Director of Research in the Information Systems Division of AT&T Bell Labs. Multics, whilst not particularly commercially successful in itself, directly inspired Ken Thompson to develop Unix. Later, he was the founding director of Digital's Cambridge Research Lab.
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26 February 1931
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Died |
24 December 2012 (aged 81) Orleans, Massachusetts
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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