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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: What is BSD ?? Is there a FAQ out there ??
Date: 5 May 1994 19:30:48 GMT
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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In article <michaelv.768157513@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> wrote:
>>SD (suravara@eemips.tamu.edu) wrote:
>
>>: What exactly is UNIX under BSD.
>
>BSD Unix is a research-oriented branch of Unix that is the foundation
>for many of today's popular Unix implementations. BSD Unix invented
>TCP/IP networking, for example.
the phrasing of that last sentence leaves a little to be
desired i think.
as far as i recall, a whole buttload of people 'invented'
TCP/IP, and then the DoD paid BBN to implement it on
4.2BSD.
so, it was the FIRST UN*X to have TCP/IP, but i'd be
very doubtful of any claim that stated that the BSD
guys invented tcp/ip.
marc 'em.
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Marc Wandschneider Seattle, WA
"Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell bad." - Rob Pike