Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 13:26:57 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au> To: HICKERSON5@cs.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP Message-ID: <200006040326.NAA44190@mail.theinternet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <5b.6ad6c41.266b1d9e@cs.com> from "HICKERSON5@cs.com" at "Jun 3, 2000 10:49:02 pm"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
+----[ HICKERSON5@cs.com ]--------------------------------------------- | WHAT IS AN BSD? Automatic Nonsensical Buzzword Service Dispenser You can identify ANBSDs by their overfrequent use of the words 'Linux' and 'Open Source'. Commonly found in large, slow-moving old economy companies whose own products are hopelessly over-priced and are looking for something to make them appeal to a wider audience. This wider audience of course is Buzzword Deficient and require Buzzwords to be present in high quantities before their ability to sign cheques becomes apparent. ANBSDs have replaced the traditional Marketing Droid, but, have not added any substance. If you would like to find information on real products that do not suffer from ANBSDs try:- http://www.bsdi.com/ http://www.freebsd.org/ http://www.netbsd.org/ http://www.openbsd.org/ BSD in this context refers to Berkeley Systems Development and refers to a particularly stable variant of UNIX most stemming from a single common source called 4.4BSD -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200006040326.NAA44190>