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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!basser.cs.su.oz.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!usenix!peter From: peter@usenix.org (Peter H. Salus) Subject: Re: UCB/USL lawsuit settled Message-ID: <CLF9u9.HBw@usenix.org> Reply-To: peter@usenix.UUCP (Peter H. Salus) Organization: USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA References: <2j4bdo$c24@agate.berkeley.edu> <1994Feb9.195215.10969@pony.Ingres.COM> <pdhCLC13r.61u@netcom.com> <2k12l8$flq@explorer.clark.net> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 13:37:21 GMT Lines: 24 In article <2k12l8$flq@explorer.clark.net> phil@clark.net (Phil Anglin) writes: >Q: What neat things does 4.4BSD have? >A: Berkeley improvements since Net/2, our code base and the predecessor > to 4.4, include: improved filesystem throughput (through clustering), > availability of a log-based filesystem, stackable file systems (which > ease filesystem development), and networking code improvements. And, of course, portals as implemented by Jan-Simon Pendry. I think it's important to recognize that as it went out of business, the CSRG continued what has been done for 15 years: incorporation of good work into a release that was done by one of the "far flung" users. (Recall, the first version of job control in 4.1 was done by Jim Kulp at IIASA in Austria.) Peter (historical memorialist) -- ________________________________________________________________ Peter H. Salus #3303 4 Longfellow Place Boston, MA 02114 +1 617 723-3092