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Beginning of UNIX
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First Edition of UNIX
It was used for text processing of patent documents, and had an assembler for a PDP-11/20 -
Fourth Edition of UNIX
This edition was rewritten in "C" program, making the software portable. -
Sixth Edition of UNIX
At this time, UNIX left its home and was the first time the software was available outside of Bell Labs -
SVR2
During this time there are 100,000 systems installed around the world. -
4.2BSD
Version 4.2BSD was released by University of California Berkley. -
UNIX System Laboratories
UNIX System Laboratories (USL) becomes a company - majority-owned by AT&T -
Novell aquires UNIX System Laboratories
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Novell Transfers Rights
Novell transfers rights to the "UNIX" trademark and the Single UNIX Specification to X/Open. -
The Open Group and UNIX 98
The Open Group introduces the UNIX 98 family of brands, including Base, Workstation and Server. -
UNIX Hits 30
The UNIX system reaches its 30th anniversary. -
Version Three of UNIX
Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification unites IEEE POSIX, The Open Group and the industry efforts. -
International Standard
The core volumes of Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification are approved as an international standard -
Apple X
Apple Mac OS X certified to UNIX 03. -
UNIX Hits 40
IDC on UNIX market -- says UNIX $69 billion in 2008, predicts UNIX $74 billion in 2013 -
Unix Goes to Desktop
Apple reports 50 million desktops and growing. These are Certified UNIX systems.
