From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 11667 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2020 22:07:59 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with UTF8ESMTPZ; 14 Apr 2020 22:07:59 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7E9919C775; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:07:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 881AF9C74D; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:07:36 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=planet.nl header.i=@planet.nl header.b="nkiaG4lZ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C44149C74D; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:07:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from cpsmtpb-ews08.kpnxchange.com (cpsmtpb-ews08.kpnxchange.com [213.75.39.13]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74A149C74C for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:07:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from cpsps-ews19.kpnxchange.com ([10.94.84.185]) by cpsmtpb-ews08.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(8.5.9600.16384); Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:07:30 +0200 X-Brand: 7abm2Q== X-KPN-SpamVerdict: e1=0;e2=0;e3=0;e4=(e1=10;e3=10;e2=11;e4=10);EVW:Whi te;BM:NotScanned;FinalVerdict:Clean X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=WNfkokkR c=1 sm=1 tr=0 cx=a_idp_e a=LO2mTXPAMClkaqVt2RTykg==:117 a=soxbC+bCkqwFbqeW/W/r+Q==:17 a=x1i13A_MHe4A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=cl8xLZFz6L8A:10 a=Qn26qvw0iWSwXWnCYcsA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-CM-AcctID: kpn@feedback.cloudmark.com Received: from smtp.kpnmail.nl ([195.121.84.12]) by cpsps-ews19.kpnxchange.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(8.5.9600.16384); Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:07:30 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=planet.nl; s=planet01; h=to:date:message-id:subject:mime-version:content-type:from; bh=DfiC36BQ9oUlC10tHsT1dfF+sIHuviXQJ7dVf3oDQtU=; b=nkiaG4lZy3ZTbxrxE4mT5ZM+iI/GykdM2b4cnNuY3zcYOW7iV043rttmmgi/enaV+p2EYwfvVGWE5 u94eXcsWObxEJ1Ay2aU2ZL4KOpcTkAMnIm0u63VP+z1Zx8Z0RtHw+jFwjoX7xJmaC/9jc6NrSPFbNh sLbVgSXrN/ddpSww= X-KPN-VerifiedSender: Yes X-CMASSUN: 33|fUgthoVzViv8WNJ3VMFEN42QkUcXJWxwpmTpx8LmEK3oUFBW4XO3UvcVWavXJOf ZUjR9CmUpIKnNnM5H9tIzhg== X-Originating-IP: 80.101.112.122 Received: from mba2.fritz.box (sqlite.xs4all.nl [80.101.112.122]) by smtp.kpnmail.nl (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 55751310-7e9c-11ea-aa6d-00505699772e; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:07:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Ruizendaal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Message-Id: <19A0192D-3035-4CA5-B66D-4C1D46F0CF1D@planet.nl> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:07:29 +0200 To: TUHS main list X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Apr 2020 22:07:30.0520 (UTC) FILETIME=[1763D580:01D612A9] X-RcptDomain: minnie.tuhs.org Subject: [TUHS] 4.2BSD Steering committee X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" According to =E2=80=9C20 years of BSD=E2=80=9D, there was a steering = committee to inform the development of what would eventually be 4.2BSD = Unix. The committee had the following members: Duane Adams and Bob Baker: DARPA Bob Fabry, Bill Joy, Sam Leffler: CSRG Dennis Ritchie: Bell Labs Alan Nemeth, Rob Gurwitz: BBN Dan Lynch: ISI Keith Lantz: Stanford Rick Rashid: CMU Bert Halstead: MIT Jerry Popek: UCLA I=E2=80=99m intrigued by the composition and the rationale for each = member. Some of it is obvious, some of it is not. According to =E2=80=9C20= years of BSD=E2=80=9D what DARPA wanted was: "In particular, the new system was expected to include a faster file = system that would raise throughput to the speed of available disk = technology, support processes with multi-gigabyte address space = requirements, provide flexible interprocess communication facilities = that allow researchers to do work in distributed systems, and would = integrate networking support so that machines running the new system = could easily participate in the ARPAnet." As I understand Duane Adams was the contract manager and Bob Baker a = DARPA vice-president. The CSRG crowd are also clear, they were going to = do the work. Then it becomes less clear. I can certainly see the logic of asking dmr to provide his guidance, = also in view of Bell Labs expertise in working with large scale = communication systems. I can also see the logic of having the BBN and = ISI folk there, representing the Arpanet community and doing the work on = the new TCP/IP protocol stack. I=E2=80=99m not sure about the four others. They seem to be one each for = 4 main computer science schools in the US at the time. Rashid and Popek = had moreover recently completed distributed systems (Aleph and LOCUS). = Halstead seems to have been working on messaging systems at the time. = I=E2=80=99m not sure what Lantz=E2=80=99 spike was at the time. All in all, a strong focus on distributed systems and messaging. No = people with apparent links to virtual memory research or disk access = research. Other than dmr, no research people from industry. For example, = nobody from Xerox Parc. Nobody from IBM, HP, DEC, DG, etc. Any and all recollections about the committee and its composition = welcome.