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Bash started it's development thanks due in part to Richard Stallman, of GNU fame, being dissatisfied with the former developer of a prior shell project, "For a year and a half, the GNU shell was 'just about done'. The author | Bash started it's development thanks due in part to Richard Stallman, of GNU fame, being dissatisfied with the former developer of a prior shell project, "For a year and a half, the GNU shell was 'just about done'. The author | ||
made repeated promises to deliver what he had done, and never kept them. Finally I could no longer believe he would ever deliver anything."<sup>4</sup> Brian Fox would begin coding Bash on January 10, 1988 while | made repeated promises to deliver what he had done, and never kept them. Finally I could no longer believe he would ever deliver anything."<sup>4</sup> Brian Fox would begin coding Bash on January 10, 1988 while Fox was an employee of th | ||
e Free Software Foundation (FSF)<sup>5</sup>. It was released as version 0.99 and has been offered by the FSF freely since its intial release. During the first half of 1989, Chet Ramey would start to contribute to the shell until 1995, where he would become its chief contributor and maintainer, as he started to develop version 2.0. Public release of 2.0 would occur on December 23, 1996. As of today's writing, Bash is still maintained by Chet Ramey and apparently he is also owned by cats and dogs (who isn't when they have pets)<sup>6</sup>. | |||
In our recent past meetings at the JaxLUG, we have been attempting to inform and educate the public on the uses of this very powerful and versatile tool. Many of our attendees may be very familiar with the story I have written today, but it is my hope that maybe some interesting fact may have been gleamed from this brief article. Our next meeting will be on August 16, 2023, where we will take our next journey, scripting in BASH. Hope to see you all there! | In our recent past meetings at the JaxLUG, we have been attempting to inform and educate the public on the uses of this very powerful and versatile tool. Many of our attendees may be very familiar with the story I have written today, but it is my hope that maybe some interesting fact may have been gleamed from this brief article. Our next meeting will be on August 16, 2023, where we will take our next journey, scripting in BASH. Hope to see you all there! | ||
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''Ralph is currently working for XFINITY/COMCAST as an Inside Sales Agent. Back in 2016, he graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology with a Masters in Information Technology (MBA) and prior to that, obtained his Bachelors in Philosophy from the University of North Florida in 2013 (BA). His hobbies include electronics, playing guitar and some occasional gaming on both Linux and non-Linux computers. He is currently the Vice-President of the Jacksonville Linux User Group. | ''Ralph is currently working for XFINITY/COMCAST as an Inside Sales Agent. Back in 2016, he graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology with a Masters in Information Technology (MBA) and prior to that, obtained his Bachelors in Philosophy from the University of North Florida in 2013 (BA). His hobbies include electronics, playing guitar and some occasional gaming on both Linux and non-Linux computers. He is currently the Vice-President of the Jacksonville Linux User Group. | ||
=Sources and footnotes= | =Sources and footnotes= |