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Subject: Re: RE:BSD Strains
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Additionally there are other side project kinda stuff or partial BSD... like
mac OSX and trusted BSD, however I think this is more like PitBull for
FreeBSD, then actually being it's own OS currently, however I have heard
rumors it may go that way eventually.

-robert

> Considering no one else has responded, I may as well give a generic
response....
>
> FreeBSD is a BSD that is based on the x86 architecture.
>
> NetBSD is portable... to everything.
>
> OpenBSD is secure.  Apparently, auditing of code is standard.
>
> BSD Lite is the original BSD that was created from the whole phone company
legal situation that occured.
>
> Perhaps all BSD's are decendants of this (at least FreeBSD is of 4.4
Lite).
>
> Hopefully if I made any mistakes somebody will correct me.
>
> Benjamin Flom:
>
> I am involved in planning the beginnings of an ISP. We plan to do
web/ftp/streaming media/transactions/remote storage/etc....
>
> I am trying to understand the differences between FreeBSD, NetBSD, BSD
Lite,
> OpenBSD, etc. Any info that can be provided would be helpful.
>
>
>
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