Research Systems Unix Group
Encyclopedia
The Research Systems Unix Group (RSUG) was a workgroup within the University of Michigan Computing Environment - Operations (UMCE Ops) of the Information Technology Central Services at the University of Michigan
.
The RSUG was most noted outside of the university for its software
development projects such as Fugu
, radmind
, and CoSign
. While nominally a Unix
-centric development group, the organization increasingly developed software for Mac OS X
(technically a Unix variant). The group also did some work with Microsoft Windows
.
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
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The RSUG was most noted outside of the university for its software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
development projects such as Fugu
Fugu (software)
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, radmind
Radmind
Radmind is a suite of Unix command-line tools and an application server designed to remotely administer the file systems of multiple client machines....
, and CoSign
CoSign single sign on
Cosign is an open source project originally designed by the Research Systems Unix Group to provide the University of Michigan with a secure single sign-on web authentication system....
. While nominally a 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...
-centric development group, the organization increasingly developed software for Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
(technically a Unix variant). The group also did some work with Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
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