What does "usg" stand for?

[J.WOOD]

> > The original UNIX Support Group was a group
> > chartered to take research UNIX and PWB UNIX
> > and Columbus UNIX and put them all together
> > into a standard package for use within BTL.
> > It sort of grew.
> > 					Joseph L. Wood, III
> Actually, it was chartered to make a common UNIX for operations support
> systems (especially), including Columbus among others. My March 1974 phone
> book shows Joe Maranzano as the supervisor of the (2-person!) group in
> Berk Tague's dept, long before the 1977 merger with PWB that led to
> UNIX/TS (1.0), PWB 2.0, System III, etc.  From small acorns....
> -- 
> -john mashey
> UUCP: 	{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!mips!mash
> DDD:  	415-960-1200
> USPS: 	MIPS Computer Systems, 1330 Charleston Rd, Mtn View, CA 94043


I stand corrected by one who was a participator rather
than myself who was a fairly distant observer and
user.



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