From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 8 1:54:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from demai02.mw.mediaone.net (demai02.mw.mediaone.net [24.131.1.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E254014E16 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 01:54:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bj-how@mediaone.net) Received: from bj (nic-30-c54-136.mw.mediaone.net [24.30.54.136]) by demai02.mw.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA06091 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 04:50:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000801bee18c$c8d006a0$88361e18@mw.mediaone.net> From: "BJ How" To: Subject: Definition of FreeBSD Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 03:57:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01BEE152.1BEC6E40" 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_0005_01BEE152.1BEC6E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Howdy, By accident I stumbled across your website when on Yahoo I typed in a = search for a program to play VCDs called Power VCD. For whatever reason = it pulled your sight up in the list. I followed the link and was caught = by the terms UNIX and LINUX. I've been interested in playing with UNIX = for a little while and have finally gotten to a point where I have an = extra PC (P90 with 48 megs and a twitchy monitor) and wanted to get a = little more serious about getting LINUX loaded. So I continued to read = on, if I don't go with LINUX I will probably go with FreeBSD. There's = only one thing which irritated me about your site. Nowhere can I find = BSD broken down. If this is truly an acronym what the heck is it = (please don't say its nothing, found this out the hardway with VAX, = searched all over until I found one book which was actually kind enough = to state 'if your looking for what the acronym stands for, don't, one = doesn't exist'). Anyways, if you could provide me with what the acronym stands for and = what it means it would be appreciated (been programming for close to 15 = years and the biggest thing I hate is all the acronyms (I know, picked = the wrong business!)). Thanks for any info you can provide. bj-how@mediaone.net "Time after time we lose sight of the way; our causes can't see their = effects." - Rush ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BEE152.1BEC6E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Howdy,
By accident I stumbled across your = website when on=20 Yahoo I typed in a search for a program to play VCDs called Power = VCD.  For=20 whatever reason it pulled your sight up in the list.  I followed = the link=20 and was caught by the terms UNIX and LINUX.  I've been interested = in=20 playing with UNIX for a little while and have finally gotten to a point = where I=20 have an extra PC (P90 with 48 megs and a twitchy monitor) and wanted to = get a=20 little more serious about getting LINUX loaded.  So I continued to = read on,=20 if I don't go with LINUX I will probably go with FreeBSD.  There's = only one=20 thing which irritated me about your site.  Nowhere can I find BSD = broken=20 down.  If this is truly an acronym what the heck is it (please = don't say=20 its nothing, found this out the hardway with VAX, searched all over = until I=20 found one book which was actually kind enough to state 'if your looking = for what=20 the acronym stands for, don't, one doesn't exist').
 
Anyways, if you could provide me with = what the=20 acronym stands for and what it means it would be appreciated (been = programming=20 for close to 15 years and the biggest thing I hate is all the = acronyms (I=20 know, picked the wrong business!)).
 
Thanks for any info you can = provide.
 
bj-how@mediaone.net
"Time after time we lose sight of the = way; our=20 causes can't see their effects." - Rush
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