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Date:      Wed, 13 Jan 1999 02:45:27 +0100
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Research UNIX derived from BSD (was: cvs commit: src/share/misc bsd-family-tree)
Message-ID:  <19990113024527.A1177@panke.de.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990113122509.U8886@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:25:09PM %2B1030
References:  <199901121614.IAA09958@freefall.freebsd.org> <19990113122509.U8886@freebie.lemis.com>

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On 1999-01-13 12:25:09 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.10      +11 -6     src/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
> 
> Another interesting error in this file shows the Eighth Edition
> (misspelt in the file) as being descended from the Seventh Edition.
> In fact, it turns out it was derived from 4.1cBSD.  Here's a quote
> from Dennis Ritchie, posted to Warren Toomey:

Seems a error in the book `A quarter century of UNIX.'

The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System, page 5:
Eighth Edition system started with BSD 4.1 (4.1, without 'c')

Wolfram

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