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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:12:21 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Socializing the use of "BSD" as a term
Message-ID:  <19990203101221.H8749@bitbox.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902021916080.28113-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:20:58PM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902021916080.28113-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>

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On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:20:58PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> I read the Daemon News article about perceived splintering among the BSD
> camps. I have once posted usenet asking why we don't join them all
> together. I eventually learned that there is more than enough room on the
> net for everyone.
> 
> I liked the editorial about how "Linux" is just Linux regardless of what
> CD it came from. I wonder what ye all say about starting a socializing
> process by which we all refer to FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi, and NetBSD as
> just "BSD" except where it is needed to differentiate.

I don't think that will work - too many connotations to "BSD", besides
which we do not have the trademark.  However, it is common to refer to
the collective as "*BSD".

Eivind.


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