From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 20 1:38:40 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 20 01:38:36 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.sunflower.com (smtp.sunflower.com [24.124.0.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80A1E37B402 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:38:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from treznor (dv016s59.lawrence.ks.us [24.124.59.16]) by smtp.sunflower.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA03724; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:37:44 -0600 Message-ID: <000f01c06a68$137bd700$103b7c18@treznor> From: "Tyler K McGeorge" To: "Mr. Makarand Kulkarni" , References: <000601c06a67$72a0f220$1703a8c0@nirmitee> Subject: Re: Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:34:39 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01C06A35.C896A260" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C06A35.C896A260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable University of California at Berkeley at one point in time bought the = rights to work on UNIX from Bell Systems back in 1978. They shortly = thereafter forged their own variant of UNIX which they called BSD = (Berkeley Software Distribution). Soon after came 2BSD (which shipped 75 = copie, as opposed to the 30 shipped of BSD.) 2.8.1BSD gave way to many = enhancements, and is more important than 3BSD in that aspect.=20 4BSD was released in 1980, 4.1BSD in 1981 (which has revisions made = between 82 and 83), 4.2 in 83, and finally 4.4BSD in 93. (I think some = of those dates are inaccurate, but I only have one source on this at the = moment.)) After 4.4BSD, UCB was forced to become BSDI, which is now a = major non-free Unix. Using 4.4BSD, there have been multiple offspring. = OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and BSD Lite. Open referring to Open source, = Net referring to Networking based and Free being without cost. BSD Lite = is a small version of BSD (never really had much experience with = anything but FBSD.) And if the rumors I've heard have any validity, I hear FBSD 5.0 is = planning on united OBSD, NBSD and FBSD. Yay! ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mr. Makarand Kulkarni=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 2:24 AM Sir i want to know what is the meaning of FreeBSD, please let me know = its fullform regards naveen ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C06A35.C896A260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

University of California at = Berkeley at one=20 point in time bought the rights to work on UNIX from Bell Systems back = in 1978.=20 They shortly thereafter forged their own variant of UNIX which they = called BSD=20 (Berkeley Software Distribution). Soon after came 2BSD (which shipped 75 = copie,=20 as opposed to the 30 shipped of BSD.) 2.8.1BSD gave way to many = enhancements,=20 and is more important than 3BSD in that aspect.

4BSD was released in 1980, 4.1BSD in = 1981 (which=20 has revisions made between 82 and 83), 4.2 in 83, and finally 4.4BSD in = 93. (I=20 think some of those dates are inaccurate, but I only have one source on = this at=20 the moment.)) After 4.4BSD, UCB was forced to become BSDI, which is now = a major=20 non-free Unix. Using 4.4BSD, there have been multiple offspring. = OpenBSD,=20 NetBSD, FreeBSD and BSD Lite. Open referring to Open source, Net = referring to=20 Networking based and Free being without cost. BSD Lite is a small = version of BSD=20 (never really had much experience with anything but FBSD.)

And if the rumors I've heard have any = validity, I=20 hear FBSD 5.0 is planning on united OBSD, NBSD and FBSD. = Yay!

----- Original Message -----

From:=20 Mr. Makarand Kulkarni

To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG =

Sent: Tuesday, December 19, = 2000 2:24=20 AM

Sir i want to know what is the = meaning of=20 FreeBSD, please let me know its fullform

regards

naveen

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