50 years in filesystems: 1974Progress is sometimes hard to see, especially when you have been part of it or otherwise lived through it. Often, it is easier to see if you compare modern educational material, and the problems discussed with older material. And then look for the research papers and sources that fueled the change. In Linux (and Unix in general), this is easy. 1974 - Unix V7 File System We find the Unix Version 7
