Over the years, AFS has developed a rich and interesting history. This page is an attempt to document some of that history for posterity. For starters, here is a mostly incomplete timeline of important events in the history of AFS:
Date | Important Event |
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1983 | [[Main/AndrewProject]] started at [[Main/CarnegieMellonUniversity]] |
[[Main/Coda]] research work begun (based on AFS) | |
First use of AFS version 3 | |
First use of AFS outside [[Main/CarnegieMellonUniversity]] | |
1/1988 | [[Main/InstitutionalFileSystem]] project at University of Michigan - ports of AFS to mainframe, intermediate servers, disconnected operation, performance/security enhancements |
6/1989 | [[Main/TransarcCorporation]] founded to commercialize AFS |
fall 1993 | [[Main/ArlaAFS]] project started at Kungla Tekniska H�gskolan |
1998 | [[Main/TransarcCorporation]] becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of IBM |
2000 | IBM releases [[Main/OpenAFS]] as OpenSource |