Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 16:40:25 -0600 From: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Socializing the use of "BSD" as a term Message-ID: <19990203164025.K16810@dannyland.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902021916080.28113-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:20:58PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902021916080.28113-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:20:58PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > 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. All Linux distributions share the Linux kernel. BSD distributions have nothing more than a common heritage and a common suffic in their names, and as has been pointed out, BSD doesn't roll off the tongue as well as Linux. While I agree with the sentiment, I believe you would be preaching a lost cause. -danny -- dannyman - http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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