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A fascinating thread on the sge-users mailing list today concerning the past history of Grid Engine (and it’s relation to CODINE, DQS and Raytheon Systems). Well worth a read.

Highlights including the posting of this 10 year old ‘queuing system ancestry’ image (original source not stated):

Fritz also contributes a nice history timeline for the grid engine codebase and project:

1992: Genias acquires rights to commercialize DQS from FSU.
1993: Genias productizes and extends DQS and releases it as CODINE.
1993-1995: Further evolution of CODINE until version 3.3.
1995-1997:
         - Rewrite of v3.3 into v4.0
         - Addition of "GRD" policy module in response to DoD Mod
           project; Raytheon was primary contractor; Genias and
           Instrumental were subcontractors
             --> Raytheon paid for that development at the time
             --> Raytheon was an important co-developer of the module;
                 Genias was the main contributor, though.
1997-2000:
         - GRD (=Codine+GRD-Module) and CODINE are co-marketed as
           separate products; Raytheon sells GRD to gov customers; Genias
           sells both tools to commercial accounts.
         - Genias and Raytheon continue to co-develop the GRD module,
           with Raytheon contributing an important but comparatively
           smaller part.
2000: Genias merges with Chord into Gridware (no change regarding
         relationship w/ Raytheon)
2000: Sun acquires Gridware; as part of acquisition, Sun receives all
         rights to GRD in exchange for a compensation to Raytheon.
         Raytheon retains right to sell the now renamed Grid Engine into
         own accounts.
since 2000: Raytheon continues to sell and support Grid Engine and to
         contribute to Grid Engine developments, although on a more
         reduced scale.