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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: "USG" UNIX
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Date: Fri, 30-Jan-87 17:24:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 30 17:24:03 1987
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> USG is the Unix Systems Group, the group within AT&T which is responsible
> for UNIX product development. USG UNIX refers to those versions of UNIX
> which have come from this group. 

Ah, if only it were that simple.  There have been at least two different
groups within AT&T called "USG" over the years, and I don't believe there
is one now -- it was transmogrified to "USDL", and has probably changed
further since.  If you thought the history of Unix outside AT&T was tangled,
you have no concept of the mess within AT&T.
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