From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 20 17:15:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hyperhost.net (ether.lightrealm.com [207.159.132.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D23914C45 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:15:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from patseal@hyperhost.net) Received: from foobar.foobar.yi.org (p11.a8.du.radix.net [207.192.132.139]) by hyperhost.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA19185; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:15:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: by foobar.foobar.yi.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2F6081383BA; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:11:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:11:45 -0400 From: Patrick Seal To: Andrew Johns Cc: "Mr. M" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what does FreeBSD stand for? Message-ID: <19990720201144.A74520@hyperhost.net> References: <000701bed308$7413b400$72b61e18@m2.socal.rr.com> <000e01bed309$678d6a40$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <000e01bed309$678d6a40$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au>; from Andrew Johns on Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 09:41:35AM +1000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD foobar.foobar.yi.org 3.2-STABLE FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 09:41:35AM +1000i, Andrew Johns wrote: > Berkeley Software Distribution ? You are correct sir. At least according to my handy "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System" who's authors (McKusick, Bosic, Karels, Quarterman) I would never argue with. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mr. M > > Sent: Wednesday, 21 July 1999 9:35 > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: RE: what does FreeBSD stand for? > > > > > BSD = Berkeley Software Design > > > > > > Correct? > > > > > > > Actually, I thought BSD meant Berkeley System(s) Development and that > > Berkeley Software Design was BSDI (commercial release of > > Berkeley Unix). Yes, BSDI stands for Berkeley Software Design, Inc. -- ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message