This assignment enters with 5% into the total grade!
Assignment 1 - Group 1
Research the history of the AT&T version of UNIX on the net and
write a short essay (1 page is sufficient, 2 pages is the absolute maximum (12pt Times, if you are that
particular)) covering the following
topics:
- Which major releases were available, in which form and when?
- Which new ideas were first developed in this OS? What sets it apart
from other versions of UNIX and contemporary operating systems?
- Who were the important persons behind it?
- Anything else that is interesting? Keep it short!
Assignment 1 - Group 2
Research the history of the BSD version of UNIX on the net and write a
short essay (1 page is sufficient, 2 pages is the absolute maximum
(12pt Times, if you are that particular)) covering the following
topics:
- Which major releases were available, in which form and when?
- Which new ideas were first developed in this OS? What sets it apart
from other versions of UNIX and contemporary operating systems?
- Who were the important persons behind it?
- Anything else that is interesting? Keep it short!
Assignment 1 - Group 3
Research the history of SunOS/Solaris on the net and write a short
essay (1 page is sufficient, 2 pages is the absolute maximum (12pt
Times, if you are that particular)) covering the following topics:
- Which major releases were available, in which form and when?
- Which new ideas were first developed in this OS? What sets it apart
from other versions of UNIX and contemporary operating systems?
- Who were the important persons behind it?
- Anything else that is interesting? Keep it short!
Assignment 1 - Group 4
Research the history of Linux on the net and write a short essay (1
page is sufficient, 2 pages is the absolute maximum (12pt Times, if
you are that particular)) covering the following topics:
- Which major releases were available, in which form and when?
- Which new ideas were first developed in this OS? What sets it apart
from other versions of UNIX and contemporary operating systems?
- Who were the important persons behind it?
- Anything else that is interesting? Keep it short!
Stephan
Schulz,schulz@cs.miami.edu, Thu Aug 22 13:35:31 EDT 2002