Date: 3 Feb 1999 22:28:00 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Socializing the use of "BSD" as a term Message-ID: <79af10$b9o$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902021916080.28113-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <19990203101221.H8749@bitbox.follo.net>
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Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> > 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",
What's wrong with these? Actually, what connotations did you have in
mind?
> besides which we do not have the trademark.
That concerns official documents.
> However, it is common to refer to the collective as "*BSD".
Which reinforces the impression that BSD is factionalized.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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