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Date:      Mon, 10 Jan 2000 20:57:10 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Next release should be called 5.0 (was:4.4 BSD forever?)
Message-ID:  <20000110205710.D98651@relay.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.10001100926400.9534-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
References:  <NBBBJNDFEKPEHPFCLNLHKEFKFCAA.pulsifer@mediaone.net> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.10001100926400.9534-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>

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On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 09:28:24AM -0800, Tom wrote:
> 
>   Actually, no.  The distribution is called 4.4BSD, not BSD 4.4.  The same
> goes for 4.1 or 4.2 which were known as 4.1BSD and 4.2BSD respectively.
> Anyone who understands what BSD is, will know the difference.

And the triva question is why was there 1BSD, 2BSD, 3BSD, and then the switch
to 4.0BSD - 4.4BSD.
 
-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)


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