Re: [TUHS] a book (was Re: PWB vs Unix/TS)

[Clem cole <clemc@ccc.com>]

Peter Salus’s book is pretty good and what he has actuate.  

Sent from my PDP-7 Running UNIX V0 expect things to be almost but not quite. 

> On Sep 13, 2019, at 8:44 PM, reed@reedmedia.net wrote:
> 
> There needs to be a book with stuff like this. There is no Unix history 
> book that I have ever seen with the depth of information in threads like 
> this and others on TUHS.  It would be a huge project and hard to tell if 
> there would me more than just recognition and intrinsic rewards for the 
> effort -- but maybe that is enough.
> 
> (As an example, I have spent hundreds if not thousands of hours 
> researching a small subset: Berkeley Unix history. Attempted to contact 
> hundreds of historical participants. Interviewed near 100 people; most 
> by email, but some in person or by phone -- even postal mail! Building a 
> massive collection of historical data. Read over 30 physical books 
> covering very small parts of the story. Watched many videos (and notes). 
> Getting documents scanned and sent to me. It is a very detailed effort 
> -- such as a single long chapter on the Virtual Vax/UNIX / London/Reiser 
> / Babaoglu story with 168 citations or the single chapters on the 
> official unofficial patchkits, lawsuit, etc. -- and there is nothing in 
> this field to compare it too. I have over 243 bibtex entries already and 
> 215 citations left to add to my .bib file. During that time, I have 
> published six other books, some written from scratch. Some have 
> suggested I use Kickstarter or similar as a financial incentive to 
> finish it off.)
> 
> Since the Unix story is so huge, a first volume could be up through 
> System III, for example, but maybe that is too much.
> 
> Anyone know of anyone writing a thorough Unix history book?
> 
> Does it make sense to use a kickstarter?
> 
> I may bring up in a different thread, but I am presenting about Unix 
> history at Dallas Ft. Worth UNIX Users Group soon. They are planning to 
> have two meetings (different months) dedicated to the history (50th 
> anniversary).
> 
> Jeremy C. Reed
> 
> p.s. Sorry to mention this, but time is running out:
> 
> $ grep -i decease /home/reed/book/bsd-history/PEOPLE | wc -l 
>      17
> 
> pps. My other chapters:
> 
> beginning.tex:\chapter{In the beginning ...}
> 
> 2bsd.tex:\chapter{Second Berkeley Software Tape}
> 
> 3bsd.tex:\chapter{Welcome to Virtual Vax/UNIX}
> 
> 2bsd-part2.tex:\chapter{2BSD becomes an operating system}
> 
> 4bsd.tex:\chapter{4BSD}
> 
> 43bsd.tex:\chapter{4.3BSD -- The Internet Server}
> 
> 2bsd-part3.tex:\chapter{The 16-bit 2BSD continues}
> 
> 43bsd-part2.tex:\chapter{To open source BSD}
> 
> commercial.tex:\chapter{Commercial Unixes using BSD}
> 
> 44bsd.tex:\chapter{4.4BSD}
> 
> bsdi.tex:\chapter{BSDI}
> 
> 386bsd.tex:\chapter{386BSD Part 1}
> 
> lawsuit.tex:\chapter{Lawsuit}
> 
> patchkit.tex:\chapter{The official unofficial patchkits}
> 
> netbsd.tex:\chapter{NetBSD}
> 
> freebsd.tex:\chapter{FreeBSD}
> 
> 386bsd-part3.tex:\chapter{386BSD Part 2}
> 
> bsdi-part2.tex:\chapter{BSDI part 2}
> 
> openbsd.tex:\chapter{OpenBSD}
> 
> netbsd-part2.tex:\chapter{NetBSD -- Part 2}
> 
> dragonfly.tex:\chapter{DragonFly BSD}
> 
> 3bsd-license.tex:\chapter{3BSD Software Agreement (1979)}
> 
> 4bsd-license.tex:\chapter{4BSD Software Agreement (1980)}
> 
> 
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