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USENIX Timeline
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USENIX has been instrumental in the growth of UNIX and other new technologies around the world, providing an organizational framework for UNIX users and system administrators in which to develop strong community ties and share information. USENIX has assisted in forming many international groups in and has co-sponsored their conferences.
| 1976 | UNIX introduced in Japan; the Japan UNIX Society (JUS) formed by Jun Murai, Koichi Kishida, and Nobuo Saito |
| 1976 | The first Australian UNIX Systems User Group (AUUG) meeting held at the University of South Wales |
| March 4, 1977 | Alistair Kilgour of the University of Glasgow suggests the formation of a UK UNIX Users Group (UKUUG) as a DECUS Special Interest Group |
| May 27, 1977 | UNIX Colloquium in Glasgow attended by about 40 people |
| November 1978 | UNIX User Group—The Netherlands (NLUUG) formed |
| 1980 | /usr/group founded as an association dedicated to the "promotion of the UNIX operating system" |
| January 1980 | Software Tools User Group (STUG) formed at the USENIX Winter Technical Conference in Boulder, Colorado |
| April 1981 | UNIX continues to spread across Europe; the European UNIX Systems User Group (EUUG, now called EurOpen) holds its first meeting |
| 1983–1985 | USENIX and /usr/group conferences are held jointly |
| 1987–1992 | USENIX and /usr/group conferences held in same areas but different locations with buses shuttling between |
| August 1989 | /usr/group changes its name to UniForum |
| 1998 | EurOpen.SE in Sweden becomes the first USENIX Affiliate Member |
| November 1998 | USENIX, NLUUG, and Stichting NLnet co-sponsor the first System Administration and Networking Conference (SANE), Maastricht |
| February 1999 | USENIX and EurOpen.SE sponsor the first Nordic EurOpen/USENIX Conference, Stockholm |
| January 2002 | NUUG joins USENIX as its second Affiliate Member |