Answer the following questions regarding the history and
development of the unix operating system. You may use information from the
Internet, your textbook or any other reference books you can find.
1.
At what
company was unix originally developed?
2.
Name at
least two of the original developers of unix.
3.
What year
was unix developed?
4.
What does
unix
stand for?
5.
Who (what
type of user) was unix originally designed for?
6.
What does
the C programming language have to do with unix?
7.
“Unix
used to be free”
Is this true? Explain.
8.
What is BSD?
9.
Who
developed Sys V?
10.
Several
companies have developed their own “flavor” of unix. For each “flavor”
listed, identify the company that sells (or sold) it.
AIX
A/UX
HP/UX
IRIX
Solaris
SunOS
XENIX
11.
Who
developed Linux?
12.
Does
unix
have alternatives to the command line user interface? If yes, briefly describe
some options.
Reference:
List the titles of the book(s) or the URLs where you found the answers to these
questions.