Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:42:20 -0500 From: GB Clark II <gclarkii@vsservices.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD Stand For Message-ID: <01082920422004.44450@prime.vsservices.com> In-Reply-To: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNGENIIBAA.dave@hawk-systems.com> References: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNGENIIBAA.dave@hawk-systems.com>
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On Wednesday 29 August 2001 20:30, Dave wrote:
> >>Berkley Software Design, I am sure this has to be in the faq and a
> >> million other places
> >
> >wrong, go read the faq and million other places.
> >
> >----------------------------
> >FROM: Greg Lehey
> >DATE: 04/27/1998 00:28:51
> >SUBJECT: RE: What does BSD stand for?
> >
> >On Thu, 23 April 1998 at 21:21:59 +0200, Dag-Erling Coidan Smrgrav wrote:
> > > "Dr. Buchacher Anton" <<EMAIL: PROTECTED>> writes:
> > >> My question is simple: What does BSD stand for?
> > >> Thanks a lot.
> > >
> > > Depending on whom you ask, "Berkely Standard Distribution" or "Berkely
> > > Software Distribution". The latter is canonical AFAIK.
> >
> >This last went past just a couple of days ago. "Berkeley Software
> >Distribution". All else is just plain wrong.
>
> ALAMEDA, Calif., April 4, 2001 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a
> leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices,
> today announced a definitive agreement to purchase the software assets of
> Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDi), the world?s first commercial
> supplier of BSD UNIX, an advanced operating system (OS) for the Internet.
> Under the agreement, Wind River will purchase the commercial version of the
> BSD UNIX-based OS (BSD/OST) and development tools. Wind River will also
> support FreeBSD, a collaborative open source development effort, to advance
> BSD technologies. Financial details will not be disclosed. Wind River
> expects to close this transaction by late April 2001.
>
BSDi (the company) came after the original BSD (the tape), long after (10+
years), plus they were not the first commerical supplier of BSD. I remember
back in 1990 looking for BSD and found a company offering it on the i386,
expensive though...
(What was SUNOS 3 and 4, SYSV???)
GB
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