[net.unix] What is USG??

hartwell@LLL-CRG.ARPA (David M. Hartwell) (07/17/85)

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    In some source code, we see #ifdef USG ... 
    What is USG?  Is it somehow connected to Bell Labs (it is normally 
paired with #ifdef BSD).  I assume there was a Unix System Group in Bell
Labs once apon a time??  Is this correct?

    If someone can shed some insite to the question, I would be gratefull.
Thanks in advance,
	    			David Hartwell
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gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) (07/17/85)

USG was the "UNIX Support Group".  #ifdef USG meant, basically,
if one of the systems they supplied.  These looked like UNIX
System III and V.  (USG 3.0, 5.0, etc. internal nomenclature.)

I think the current counterpart of USG is the UNIX System
Development Lab.  Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong..

seth@megad.UUCP (Seth H Zirin) (07/19/85)

>     What is USG?  Is it somehow connected to Bell Labs (it is normally 
> paired with #ifdef BSD).  I assume there was a Unix System Group in Bell
> Labs once apon a time??  Is this correct?
> 
> 	    			David Hartwell
> 	  _|  |_		Lawrence Livermore National Lab

It stands for Unix Support Group and was (is?) part of BTL.
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