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The '''CSRG''' is the short name for the University of California at Berkeley's Computer Systems Research Group.
The University of California at Berkeley's '''Computer Systems Research Group''' ('''CSRG''' is the usual short form of the name) is is the group that was responsible for [[CSRG BSD]]. (Not to mention [[biff]], [[vi]], and of course [[sendmail]].)


This is the group that was responsible for [[CSRG BSD]]. (Not to mention [[biff]], [[vi]], and of course [[sendmail]].)
Notable people include [[Eric Allman]], [[Marshall Kirk McKusick]], [[Bill Joy]].
 
Notable people include [[Eric Allman]], [[Marshall Kirk McKusick]], [[Bill Joy]]..
 
An excellent overview of the history of the CSRG, as told by Marshall Kirk McKusick is available [http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html here].


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==External links==
* [https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/kirkmck.html Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix: From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable] - An excellent overview of the history of the CSRG, as told by Marshall Kirk McKusick
* [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050505095249230 The Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin: Chapter 7 - BSD and the CSRG]
* [https://maibriz.de/unix/ultrix/berknet/netintro.pdf An Introduction to the Berkeley Network] - something from the roots of CSRG
* [https://www.krsaborio.net/bsd/research/acrobat/8002.pdf The Berkeley Network − A Retrospective]


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Latest revision as of 23:44, 7 September 2026

The University of California at Berkeley's Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG is the usual short form of the name) is is the group that was responsible for CSRG BSD. (Not to mention biff, vi, and of course sendmail.)

Notable people include Eric Allman, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Bill Joy.

CD

Kirk has released CD sets containing as much of the work of the CSRG as possible. You can download ISO's of them here.

External links