From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 3 01:12:40 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA29392 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 01:12:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA29383 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 01:12:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA08476; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:12:22 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id KAA18133; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:12:21 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:12:21 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Jason C. Wells" Cc: FreeBSD-chat Subject: Re: Socializing the use of "BSD" as a term Message-ID: <19990203101221.H8749@bitbox.follo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Jason C. Wells on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:20:58PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:20:58PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > I read the Daemon News article about perceived splintering among the BSD > camps. I have once posted usenet asking why we don't join them all > together. I eventually learned that there is more than enough room on the > net for everyone. > > I liked the editorial about how "Linux" is just Linux regardless of what > CD it came from. I wonder what ye all say about starting a socializing > process by which we all refer to FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi, and NetBSD as > just "BSD" except where it is needed to differentiate. I don't think that will work - too many connotations to "BSD", besides which we do not have the trademark. However, it is common to refer to the collective as "*BSD". Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message