From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 14 20:06:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E83FA106564A for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:06:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo201.cox.net (eastrmfepo201.cox.net [68.230.241.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 829AB8FC19 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo305.cox.net ([68.230.241.237]) by eastrmfepo201.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111214200624.HTGN4752.eastrmfepo201.cox.net@eastrmimpo305.cox.net>; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:06:24 -0500 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.80.83]) by eastrmimpo305.cox.net with bizsmtp id 986P1i0041nrG4q0286PmW; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:06:24 -0500 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A02020B.4EE901C0.00A7,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=vqFyDM7axfrKYTz0ga6AfZB2D203zBxOT0Bd/A5efjk= c=1 sm=1 a=ORWRGUcNLPgA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=bP8/21xuPmjjKiboDxlPZA==:17 a=69EAbJreAAAA:8 a=vnREMb7VAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=KLowZ4P8FasMKFLaHcEA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=EfJqPEOeqlMA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=bP8/21xuPmjjKiboDxlPZA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pBEK6Mrv038083; Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:06:22 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:06:17 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Sean Cavanaugh Message-ID: <20111214140617.0e86c44f@cox.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 'LinuxIsOne' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd is really bsd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:06:31 -0000 On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:55:14 -0500 Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > > The best explanation I have ever seen to give people fresh to the BSD > project is the following youtube clip from years ago. It traces all > the way back to its origins and gives nice examples of some of the > "small" companies that use BSD derived code in their programs. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tvI6JCXD0&feature=relmfu Thanks for providing that link; I really enjoyed watching it. :-) To everyone else: if you're interested in the history of BSD, with a lighthearted, humorous and entertaining presentation, check out the above. Fun stuff! A lot of similarly entertaining and interesting links will turn up in the process as well. -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net