Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:38:58 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> To: Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: Free _B_ _S_ ... _D_? Message-ID: <20020423203858.E56505@rain.macguire.net> In-Reply-To: <20020423203515.D56505@rain.macguire.net>; from benjamin@macguire.net on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:35:15PM -0700 References: <20020423202636.F455-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com> <20020423203515.D56505@rain.macguire.net>
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* Benjamin Krueger (benjamin@macguire.net) [020423 20:35]: > * Peter Leftwich (Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) [020423 20:29]: > > http://www.freebsd.org/ > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/introduction.html#WHAT-IS-FREEBSD > > > > Neither URL nor the actual physical 4.3 CDROM seem to mention BSDi, > > OpenBSD, NetBSD, or what that pesky 'D' stands for... Berkeley Systems D--? > > > > -- > > Peter Leftwich D.* > > President & Founder > > Video2Video Services > > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > > +1-413-403-9555 > > > > *Dumbass > > Distribution ;) > Research why it originally was named this, and you'll find a lovely tale of > BSD and UNIX's history, and how they're so intertwined. =) I should also mention that it is "Berkeley Software Distribution", not Systems, spearheaded and originally released by none other than Bill Joy. Bill went on to cofound SUN Microsystems. I'd better shut up now. I could go on for hours. -- Benjamin Krueger "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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