From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 3 13:50:03 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29304 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29234 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:49:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: from mips.rhein-neckar.de (uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with bsmtp id WAA15292 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:49:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: by mips.rhein-neckar.de id m1089kD-000WyYC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:21:57 +0100 (CET) From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: Socializing the use of "BSD" as a term Date: 3 Feb 1999 22:21:54 +0100 Message-ID: <79aeli$b8k$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article , Jason C. Wells wrote: > I liked the editorial about how "Linux" is just Linux regardless of what > CD it came from. I wonder what ye all say about starting a socializing > process by which we all refer to FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi, and NetBSD as > just "BSD" except where it is needed to differentiate. I've been slowly realizing this for the last couple of months. From a "marketing" perspective, it's a crucial point. It's nice to see that others have had the same thought and that the idea is spreading. Personally, I've already made it a habit to just talk about "BSD" unless further distinction is really required. I'm happy to report that some of the surrounding Linux people have now pegged me as a "BSD user", rather than a "mostly FreeBSD, occasionally OpenBSD user". -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de carpe librum: books 'n' reviews To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message