Danish UNIX User Group
Encyclopedia
The Danish UNIX systems User Group (DKUUG) is a computer
user group which created and maintained the .dk
internet domain for Denmark. Founded in 1983, DKUUG is a primary advisor on the Danish open source environment policies. The group is active in the standards processes for UNIX
, POSIX
, the Internet
, the World Wide Web
, and Open Document Format.
, the DKUUG membership was composed of 41 people from the Danish academic and business computing industry. Founder Keld Simonsen of the Datalogisk Institut at Copenhagen University served as group foreman from 1983 to 1997. It formed a commercial subsidiary, DKnet, organized as the Danish affiliate of the EUnet
network.
In 1996, DKnet was purchased by the Danish PTT TeleDanmark in a private transaction for 20 million DKK.
During the 2000s, the organization has been the subject of internal disagreement and infighting among board members.
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
user group which created and maintained the .dk
.dk
.dk is the country code top-level domain for Denmark. The supervision of the .dk top-level domain is handled exclusively by DK Hostmaster. Any new .dk domain name has to be applied for via an approved registrator. Then the domain name applicant can ask the registrator to manage his domain name or...
internet domain for Denmark. Founded in 1983, DKUUG is a primary advisor on the Danish open source environment policies. The group is active in the standards processes for UNIX
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
, POSIX
POSIX
POSIX , an acronym for "Portable Operating System Interface", is a family of standards specified by the IEEE for maintaining compatibility between operating systems...
, the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, the World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
, and Open Document Format.
History
The Danish UNIX User Group was founded on November 18, 1983 with the purpose of providing Internet access to the Danish academic community and the whole of Denmark. An offshoot of the EUUGEUnet
The roots of EUnet go back to 1982 and the first international UUCP connections. From a very loose collaboration of individual sites under the auspices of the EUUG , it evolved to the fully commercial entity EUnet International Ltd.In April 1998 the company was sold to Qwest Communications...
, the DKUUG membership was composed of 41 people from the Danish academic and business computing industry. Founder Keld Simonsen of the Datalogisk Institut at Copenhagen University served as group foreman from 1983 to 1997. It formed a commercial subsidiary, DKnet, organized as the Danish affiliate of the EUnet
EUnet
The roots of EUnet go back to 1982 and the first international UUCP connections. From a very loose collaboration of individual sites under the auspices of the EUUG , it evolved to the fully commercial entity EUnet International Ltd.In April 1998 the company was sold to Qwest Communications...
network.
In 1996, DKnet was purchased by the Danish PTT TeleDanmark in a private transaction for 20 million DKK.
During the 2000s, the organization has been the subject of internal disagreement and infighting among board members.
Further reading
- (Danish) Keld Simonsen, "En historie om Keld og DKUUG" (A History of Keld and DKUUG), dkuug.dk,