Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:28:24 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Allen Pulsifer <pulsifer@mediaone.net> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Subject: RE: Next release should be called 5.0 (was:4.4 BSD forever?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.10001100926400.9534-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <NBBBJNDFEKPEHPFCLNLHKEFKFCAA.pulsifer@mediaone.net>
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Allen Pulsifer wrote: > I have to agree with this poster. The next release should be > called FreeBSD 5.0. > > "BSD 4.4" is a desciptive term still used to describe a whole > family of OS's. People outside the FreeBSD circle are going to be > confused between BSD 4.4 and FreeBSD 4.4. This can easily be avoided, > at no cost, by calling the next release FreeBSD 5.0. > > Allen 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. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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