Subject: Re: Document: What's the difference between Linux and BSD?
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 04/27/2000 00:38:05
Peter Seebach writes:
> In message <20000427131738.G55780@freebie.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey writes:
> >1. Have I forgotten something?
>
> BSD/OS. I know we're "distant cousins" or whatever, but we're definitely
> a live branch of BSD Unix, with active development, market niches, etcetera.
> There are a bunch of things listing the three open-source systems, but
> not listing BSD/OS; this may confuse people when they see just-occasional
> references to the 4th member of the family. Even if we're widely thought to
> be the black sheep. ;-)
Having been at the BSD BOF, I must ask: "Darwin?" Does it qualify?
At least it should get as much mention as BSD/OS.
-Andrew
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