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Multics was plagued by complexity from the start, and at many points became almost too expensive and difficult to continue development. While largely a commercial disappointment, Multics implemented many novel ideas which went on to influence the other OSes of its time, most notably Unix. Many of Multics' features can be found in popular operating systems today. | Multics was plagued by complexity from the start, and at many points became almost too expensive and difficult to continue development. While largely a commercial disappointment, Multics implemented many novel ideas which went on to influence the other OSes of its time, most notably Unix. Many of Multics' features can be found in popular operating systems today. | ||
In November of 2007, Multics' source code was made open by Groupe Bull; while machines capable of running Multics are long gone, a project to build a Honeywell 6180 (DPS-8) emulator is underway. | In November of 2007, Multics' source code was made open by Groupe Bull; while machines capable of running Multics are long gone, a project to build a Honeywell 6180 (DPS-8) emulator is underway. | ||
==Character details== | ==Character details== | ||
Multics-tan is depicted as a mature woman of average/tall height, with bright blue eyes, long dark purple hair and black and grey mottled wings. Featuring a mix of Victorian, Baroque French and ancient Roman and Indian design cues, Multics wears grandiloquent Rococo-style gowns and copious amounts of jewelry. A recurring theme in her design is rings, layers and labyrinths, a reference to the ringed security features Multics popularized as well as her unfathomable nature. Multics also sports a red circular maze tattoo on her V of her chest. | Multics-tan is depicted as a mature woman of average/tall height, with bright blue eyes, long dark purple hair and black and grey mottled wings. Featuring a mix of Victorian, Baroque French and ancient Roman and Indian design cues, Multics wears grandiloquent Rococo-style gowns and copious amounts of jewelry. A recurring theme in her design is rings, layers and labyrinths, a reference to the ringed security features Multics popularized as well as her unfathomable nature. Multics also sports a red circular maze tattoo on her V of her chest. | ||
Multics' attitude is complex and often times contrary; fabulously social, she had a great capacity for love and kindness as well as ruthless contempt – and everything in between. She looks and behaves femininely but it anything but delicate – her psionic powers are among the strongest of any OS-tan. | Multics' attitude is complex and often times contrary; fabulously social, she had a great capacity for love and kindness as well as ruthless contempt – and everything in between. She looks and behaves femininely but it anything but delicate – her psionic powers are among the strongest of any OS-tan. | ||
===Alternate color map=== | |||
There is an alternate color scheme for Multics based on her widely-accepted animal anthropomorphism, the bald eagle. This color scheme (depicted in her Infobox image) calls for gold eyes, brownish-purple hair and dark brown wings. | |||
==History and background== | ==History and background== | ||