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Kermit Project Timeline

Frank da Cruz
fdc@columbia.edu
Most recent update: 13 September 2023

On 1 October 2011, the Kermit Project became 100% Open Source and moved from Columbia University to kermitproject.org. The original Kermit Project website and software archive as of that date remains available at www.columbia.edu/kermit. Newer releases are served from kermitproject.org.

Timeline

[ 2023 ]

This year's goal is a final release of C-Kermit (10.0) for Unix, VMS, and (this is new) MS Windows before turning further development over to the Open Source community at large on Github, where Alpha and Beta tests have been mirrored since early 2022. Note: Unix = Linux, *BSD, Mac OS, Android, etc (see long list).

03 Jul 2023: C-Kermit 10.0 Beta.10 for Unix and VMS and Beta.05 for Windows and OS/2.
11 Jun 2023: Kermit-20 5.3(235)-5 for the DECSYSTEM-20
09 May 2023: C-Kermit 10.0 Beta.09 for Unix and VMS
02 Apr 2023: Kermit-20 5.3(230)-5 for the DECSYSTEM-20

[ 2022 ]

Work begins on a major new release of C-Kermit for Unix, VMS, and Microsoft Windows.

15 Dec 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 Beta.08 for Unix and VMS
15 Dec 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 for Windows Fourth Beta
14 Oct 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 Beta.06 for Unix and VMS
19 Sep 2022: New Kermit File-Transfer Packet Reference
27 Sep 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 Beta.05 for Unix and VMS
15 Sep 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 for Windows third Beta with SSH and SSL/TLS support.
17 Aug 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 for Windows second Beta includes built-in SSH client.
17 Jul 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 First Beta for MICROSOFT WINDOWS.
03 Jun 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 Beta.04.
17 May 2022: C-Kermit 10.0 first Beta test.
06 Apr 2022: K95 Relay for connecting Kermit 95 2.1 to modern SSH servers.
24 Jan 2022: C-Kermit 9.0.305 Alpha.07.

[ 2021 ]

15 Dec 2021: C-Kermit 9.0.305 Alpha.06.
15 Nov 2021: G-Kermit 2.01.
14 Nov 2021: C-Kermit 9.0.305 Alpha.05.
15 Sep 2021: C-Kermit 9.0.305 Alpha.04.
26 May 2021: G-Kermit 2.00 released.
26 May 2021: E-Kermit 1.8 released.
04 Apr 2021: Photogallery 3.09.
27 Feb 2021: Conversion of FTP links in the Kermit website to HTTP begins.
16 Feb 2021: kermitproject.org converted from HTTP: to encrypted HTTPS:.

[ 2020 ]

19 Sep 2020: C-Kermit 9.0.305 Alpha.02.
25 Jul 2020: C-Kermit 9.0.305 Alpha.01
31 Jan 2020: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.23.
31 Jan 2020: Photogallery 3.00.

[ 2018-2019 ]

(Not much, except that various Kermit project pages were translated into into different languages, mainly the home page and the About Kermit page.)

[ 2017 ]

01 May 2017: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.22, plus a new script to convert plain-text files to HTML.
21 Apr 2017: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.21
07 Apr 2017: Greek version of home page by Dimitris Galatis.
03 Apr 2017: Tatar version of hom page by Timur.
17 Mar 2017: Portuguese version of Home page by 7 Binary Options.
11 Mar 2017: Russian version of What Is Kermit page by Rauan Akhmetov, feelgrafix.com/blog.
08 Mar 2017: Hebrew version of Kermit home page by Costa Hagever, CSH Team, CustomerServiceHelpline.co.uk.
03 Feb 2017: Irish version of Kermit home page by Ana Flynn, Travel-Ticker.com.
15 Jan 2017: Uzbek version of Kermit home page by Daniyar Nurgaliev, Best Car Team.
14 Jan 2017: MIT ITS Kermit in Maclisp (1988) exhumed and added to archive.

[ 2016 ]

18 Nov 2016: Kermit Project home page translated into Russian by OpenSourceInitiative (Сандй).
08 May 2016: About Kermit page translated into Greek by Dimitris Galatas
05 Feb 2016: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.20
08 Feb 2016: Kermit books are now online
05 Feb 2016: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.19 (17 and 18 were shortlived).
18 Jan 2016: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.16
16 Jan 2016: Remind - A new script for calendar reminders.

[ 2015 ]

25 Dec 2015: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.15
25 Oct 2015: Photogallery 2.09
23 Apr 2015: Photogallery 2.00, now “mobile-friendly”.
22 Apr 2015: Conversion of some pages for mobile devices.
05 Feb 2015: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.13.
30 Jan 2015: Progress Report on Open Source Kermit 95.
11 Jan 2015: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.12 (fixes some bugs).

[ 2014 ]

03 Nov 2014: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.11 (fixes some bugs).
13 Aug 2014: Photogallery 1.15.
28 Feb 2014: Replacetextblock - A new script to replace a block of text in a group of files.
26 Feb 2014: MM email client 0.96 with Metamail support for MIME messages.
19 Feb 2014: MM email client moved to kermitproject.org.
10 Jan 2014: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.09.
12 Jan 2014: Getkermitscript 1.00, a new script for downloading and installing Kermit scripts.
12 Jan 2014: Photogallery 1.12.

[ 2013 ]

06 Dec 2013: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.08.
24 Nov 2013: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.07.
30 Oct 2013: Kermit Project Oral History Transcripts, Computer History Museum HERE and HERE.
29 Oct 2013: Kermit Project Document Archive at the Computer History Museum.
11 Sep 2013: Kermit Project home page in Spanish.
04 Sep 2013: A new look for the Kermit Project home page, with scenes from the Bronx, NYC.
03 Sep 2013: Acorn BBC Micro Kermit 1.46.
17 Aug 2013: New script: Photogallery, for making galleries of JPG images on the Web.
25 Jul 2013: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.06 [CHANGE command, locale support]
15 Apr 2013: C-Kermit 9.0.304 Dev.05.
05 Jul 2013: About Kermit page updated.
28 Mar 2013: About Kermit page translated to Spanish by MarÃa Ramos.
18 Mar 2013: FTP Scripting Tutorial translated to Spanish by MarÃa Ramos.
12 Mar 2013: C-Kermit development resumes in a small way, see this page for notes.

[ 2012 ]

06 Apr 2012: Kermit Oral History interview of Jeffrey Altman, Bill Catchings, and Frank da Cruz conducted by the Computer History Museum at Watson Lab (#2), Columbia University. A separate interview was conducted with Joe Doupnik. Bill subsequently posted some follow-up remarks HERE and HERE.

[ 2011 ]

Final Projects at Columbia University

The complete Kermit software archive cataloged and indexed for one-click access to Zip and Tar.gz archives for each Kermit version, 1981-2011, plus a lot of new material, August 2011 with updates since then.
C-Kermit 9.0 released June-July 2011.
The source code to all Kermit versions, including Kermit 95 and E-Kermit, released with the Open-Source Revised 3-Clause BSD License, except for certain K95 modules that Columbia U does not own the rights to because they were licensed from other companies who will not allow the code to be released or that no longer exist.
A new Open Source Kermit Project website was established outside Columbia University to support further development of the Kermit protocol and software at http://www.kermitproject.org.

01 Oct 2011: The new Open Source Kermit Project website opens, hosted by Panix.com.
30 Sep 2011: The Columbia University Kermit Project website is frozen.
21 Aug 2011: Kermit home page in Russian
19 Aug 2011: Kermit home page in German
21 Aug 2011: C-Kermit 9.0.302 for FreeBSD 8 and 9.
18 Aug 2011: The Complete Kermit Software Archive now available on one page.
20 Jul 2011: Kermit 95 source code for Windows & OS/2 published with Open Source license.
11 Jul 2011: C-Kermit 9.0.301 (fixes a problem that affected only Solaris 10 and 11).
01 Jul 2011: The Kermit Project at Columbia University is formally canceled.
28 Jun 2011: C-Kermit 9.0.300 final release.
17 Jun 2011: E-Kermit 1.7.
16 Jun 2011: C-Kermit 9.0 Beta.01, the first Open Source version of C-Kermit.
14 Jun 2011: Kermit Project Inventory
11 Apr 2011: Russian mainframe Kermit manual from 1989 online as PDF.
30 Mar 2011: E-Kermit released with Open Source BSD license.
30 Mar 2011: Kermit 95 Manual placed online.
30 Mar 2011: Most recent update of Kermit 95 FAQ.
15 Mar 2011: Kermit Project cancellation announcement, website overhauled.
01 Jan 2011: Using C-Kermit available in Kindle e-book edition from Amazon.com

[ 2010 ]

08 Dec 2010: ksitemap script
15 Oct 2010: SSH client page in Belarusian
21 Sep 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.09
23 Aug 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.08
05 Aug 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.07
07 Apr 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.06 [CSV Tutorial]
05 Apr 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.05 [Bilingual Web Log Tutorial]
29 Mar 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.04
19 Mar 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.03 [HP Switch Backup Tutorial]
01 Feb 2010: C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.02 [HP iLO Blade Configuration Scripts]

[ 2009 ]

20 Nov 2009: C-Kermit Development resumes with C-Kermit 9.0 Alpha.01. [Rolm CBX scripts]

[ 2006 ]

20 Dec 2006: C-Kermit 8.0.212 Dev.27 supports large files in Unix, FTP timeouts, etc.
12 Dec 2006: HTTP access to the FTP archive.
29 Apr 2006: 25th Anniversary of the first Kermit protocol file transfer.
27 Apr 2006: DECsystem-10 Kermit 3(136).
01 Feb 2006: Most recent update of C-Kermit FAQ.
06 Jan 2006: DECSYSTEM-20 Kermit 5.1(186).

[ 2005 ]

06 Nov 2005: Spanish-language version of Kermit home page.
17 Jun 2005: New support arrangements for K95
12 Jun 2005: C-Kermit development resumes after a year's hiatus

[ 2004 ]

23 Sep 2004: E-Kermit 1.51.
10 Apr 2004: C-Kermit 8.0.211
10 Apr 2004: E-Kermit 1.5.
04 Apr 2004: C-Kermit 8.0.211 first public Beta.
20 Mar 2004: E-Kermit 1.4.
04 Mar 2004: E-Kermit 1.3.

[ 2003 ]

03 Dec 2003: DEC-20 Kermit 5.1(266).
20 Nov 2003: NASA Kermit article.
28 Oct 2003: Kermit FTP Client FAQ.
30 Mar 2003: C-Kermit 8.0.209 released.
10 Mar 2003: C-Kermit 8.0.208 released.
02 Mar 2003: C-Kermit 8.0.208 release candidate.
24 Feb 2003: New FTP Scripts section added to Script Library.
17 Feb 2003: K95 trial version updated to 2.1.3 (e-academy download)
16 Feb 2003: Kermit 95 Academic Site License sales discontinued due to lack of demand.
30 Jan 2003: K95 trial version updated to 2.1.3 (Columbia download)
18 Jan 2003: E-Kermit 1.2.
21 Jan 2003: Kermit 95 2.1.3
11 Jan 2003: PDP-8 / PDP-12 Kermit page added to website.

[ 2002 ]

31 Dec 2002: Current versions page added to website.
31 Dec 2002: Kermit 95 2.1 shrinkwraps and C-Kermit 8.0 CDROM begin shipping.
25 Nov 2002: Kermit 95 2.1.2 for Windows and OS/2 sent for shrinkwrapping.
25 Nov 2002: C-Kermit 8.0 CDROM sent for manufacturing.
14 Nov 2002: Kermit 95 2.1 released for Windows and OS/2.
24 Oct 2002: C-Kermit 8.0.206.
07 Oct 2002: Embedded Kermit 1.1
24 Jul 2002: Export License Exception ENC for cryptographic versions of Kermit 95.
20 Jun 2002: Electronic delivery of K95 2.0 (including a free trial version) by e-academy.com.
06 Jun 2002: Kermit 95 2.0 (first GUI version) announced for Windows.
29 May 2002: Kermit 95 2.0 GUI Beta Test.
30 Apr 2002: Kermit Bibliography
02 Apr 2002: Kermit 95 1.1.21 with SSH and FTP for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
08 Feb 2002: C-Kermit 8.0.201 released for Unix and VMS (minor update to 8.0.200).
23 Jan 2002: K95 1.1.21 Beta test begins.
01 Jan 2002: New K95 Lifetime Academic Site License, new Omnibus Right-to-Copy License,

[ 2001 ]

12 Dec 2001: C-Kermit 8.0.200 released for Unix and VMS.
19 Sep 2001: Kermit 95 1.1.20 Trial Download (through 31 December 2001).
06 Aug 2001: DECSYSTEM-20 Kermit 5.1(264) (faster packet reading)
01 Jul 2001: G-Kermit updates: OS/2 version, ZIP-format source archive, UUE's updated.
29 Apr 2001: 20th Anniversary of the first Kermit file transfer.
28 Jan 2001: DECSYSTEM-20 Kermit 5.1(263) adds long packets (first new release in 13 years)

[ 2000 ]

08 Dec 2000: C-Kermit 7.1 Alpha.01, first Kermit FTP client.
20 Apr 2000: IKSD for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 Beta Test.
15 Apr 2000: C-Kermit 7.0 CDROM.
31 Mar 2000: Kermit 95 1.1.20 for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 and OS/2.
27 Feb 2000: C-Kermit 7.0.197.
15 Feb 2000: Kermit 95 1.1.19.
01 Feb 2000: C-Kermit 7.0 Update Notes.
01 Jan 2000: C-Kermit 7.0.196.

[ 1999 ]

25 Dec 1999: G-Kermit 1.00 released.
18 Dec 1999: G-Kermit 1.00 Beta.01.
20 May 1999: Search capability added to the Kermit website.
06 May 1999: MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 7.
22 Apr 1999: Kermit Script Library.
12 Feb 1999: IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.3.3 for TSO only. corrects a minor TSO-specific bug.
30 Jan 1999: C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.04, first public Beta.
28 Jan 1999: MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 Beta 1.

[ 1998 ]

15 Jun 1998: Kermit 95 1.1.17 for Windows and OS/2.
25 May 1998: HP-48 Resource Page.
08 Apr 1998: Kermit 95 1.1.16; first version with security (Kerberos, etc).

[ 1997 ]

16 Dec 1997: IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.3.2, first Y2K version.
13 Nov 1997: "Pygmy Forth" Kermit.
13 Nov 1997: Tandem Nonstop Kermit 2.0.
13 Oct 1997: Kermit for RT-11, TSX+, and Pro/RT 3.63, Billy Youdelman.
02 Oct 1997: GUI patches for Kermit 95.
02 Oct 1997: Registry Tool for Kermit 95.
30 Sep 1997: Kermit 95 1.1.15.
24 Sep 1997: Kermit 95 1.1.14.
18 Sep 1997: xtdialer and xtkermit X-based front end for C-Kermit from Stewart A. Levin, Stanford U.
15 Sep 1997: MS-DOS Kermit 3.15 for DOS and Windows 3.x.
xx Jul 1997: The C-Kermit 6.0.192 CDROM.
xx Jul 1997: C-Kermit: More than Just a File Transfer Protocol, Sys Admin Magazine, July 1997.
24 Jun 1997: Kermit 95 1.1.13.
08 Jun 1997: Kermit 95 1.1.12.
xx May 1997: Comparison of UUCP and C-Kermit, Peter Eichhorn.
07 Mar 1997: C-Kermit 6.0 for Stratus VOS.
08 Feb 1997: Kermit 95 1.1.11, the first K95 release with OS/2 support.
14 Jan 1997: Kermit 95 1.1.10.

[ 1996 ]

18 Dec 1996: Kermit 95 1.1.9.
12 Dec 1996: C-Kermit 6.0 for UNIX, VMS, AOS/VS, QNX, Plan 9, BeBox, OS-9, ...
30 Nov 1996: Using C-Kermit, Second Edition
21 Nov 1996: Kermit 95 1.1.8.
24 Jul 1996: Kermit 95 1.1.7.
17 Jul 1996: Kermit 95 1.1.6.
03 Jul 1996: Kermit 95 1.1.5.
30 Jun 1996: Intel 8051 Kermit
07 May 1996: Kermit 95 for Windows NT on the DEC Alpha.
07 May 1996: Kermit 95 1.1.4.
22 Feb 1996: Kermit 95 1.1.3, includes host mode.

[ 1995 ]

18 Dec 1995: Kermit 95 1.1.2.
14 Nov 1995: Kermit 95 1.1.1.
23 Oct 1995: First release of Kermit 95 for Windows 95 and NT.
23 Oct 1995: New tech-support procedures announced.
17 Jul 1995: A formal specification and verification of the Kermit protocol.
21 May 1995: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14.
xx Jun 1995: The Kermit FAQ.
xx May 1995: Tim Kientzle's book, The Working Programmer's Guide to Serial Protocols.
23 Apr 1995: OS/2 C-Kermit 5A(191).
xx Mar 1995: Kermit News Number 6, the last issue.
02 Feb 1995: IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.3.1.

[ 1754-1994 ]

1994: Kermit Web Site established 6 December.
1994: Kermit newsgroup established 9 September.
1992: Publication of Using C-Kermit (first edition).
1992: C-Kermit 5A (scripting, TCP/IP, sliding windows...)
1991: MS-DOS Kermit 3.11, the first Kermit program with built-in TCP/IP networking.
1990: Publication of Using MS-DOS Kermit (first edition).
1989: First International Kermit Conference, Moscow, USSR.
1988: Kermit sessions at Switzerland and US DECUS symposia.
1988: Club Kermit in France.
1987: Publication of Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol.
1987: Kermit session at Tokyo DECUS Symposium.
1986: Kermit Project established; first issue of Kermit News.
Professor Joe Doupnik at Utah State U takes over MS-DOS Kermit and releases version 2.29 (versions 1 through 2.28 were done at Columbia).
1985: C-Kermit 4.0 (first interactive version) for UNIX and VMS.
1984: Kermit FTP site and Info-Kermit mailing list on ARPANET.
1984: First Kermit articles published in BYTE magazine.
1983: VAX/VMS Kermit-32 1.0.
1982: MS-DOS Kermit, IBM Mainframe Kermit, UNIX Kermit 1.0, TOPS-10 Kermit.
1981: Kermit protocol designed at Columbia U; first implementations written for CP/M, DEC-20.
1754: Columbia University founded by King George II of England.

Effective October 1, 2011, the Kermit website at Columbia University is “frozen” and will change no longer. The new Kermit Project website is now http://www.kermitproject.org, hosted by Panix.com in New York City. The new Kermit site is only for active projects: C-Kermit for Unix and VMS, E-Kermit for embedding, and Kermit 95 for Windows. For other platforms, information and software will remain available at the Columbia University Kermit website and software archive for the foreseeable future. My thanks to Panix Public Access Network Systems on behalf of Kermit users and developers everywhere for hosting the new site.

Note that about 600 web pages have to be updated to account for the new hosting, URL, and situation; it will take some time to iron out all the links and kinks. Also note that even then, some links will continue to point to the Columbia site because the new site does not house the "historic" Kermit programs, nor the enormous library of C-Kermit and other Kermit software binaries. The new site is primarily for new developments, and primarily for those who can deal with source code.

Some other websites of mine, not directly related to Kermit, that were previously housed in the Columbia Kermit website have been moved to new locations where I can still maintain them; the old URls should redirect automatically to the new locations:

—Frank da Cruz, 23 August 2011

Kermit News ceased publication with Number 6, March 1995. Too expensive! All news can now be found on the Kermit website. To see Kermit News #6 and previous issues, CLICK HERE.

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