Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:11:45 -0400 From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> Cc: "Mr. M" <mistrM@gtemail.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what does FreeBSD stand for? Message-ID: <19990720201144.A74520@hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <000e01bed309$678d6a40$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au>; from Andrew Johns on Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 09:41:35AM %2B1000 References: <000701bed308$7413b400$72b61e18@m2.socal.rr.com> <000e01bed309$678d6a40$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au>
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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 <patseal@hyperhost.net> | 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
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