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Subject: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free 
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O'Reilly has published an article on the history of "Open Source" at

	http://opensource.oreilly.com/news/scoville_0399.html

It contains a reasonably nice plug for BSD in general and FreeBSD in 
particular:

        It is difficult to overestimate the role of BSD UNIX in modern
        computing. Not only did it beget many key features of all future
        versions of UNIX, but it was also under the BSD flag that UNIX
        met the Internet (though at the time it went by its more ancient
        name, Arpanet). Much of the most common system software
        surrounding the TCP/IP protocol was developed at UC Berkeley,
        and was introduced to the world as part of BSD. 

        In the years since, BSD has enjoyed not only a substantial
        commercial run, but has also found its way into a commerce-free
        distribution of its own, one to rival Linux. Though not as popular
        or mediagenic as Linux, FreeBSD can nevertheless be widely
        found on the machines of hobbyists, ISPs, and major corporations
        alike.


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