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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!decwrl!decwrl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: BYTE's Article on Unix with no *BSD Message-ID: <hastyCx28oE.1J0@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <hastyCx0CyM.M8G@netcom.com> <Cx0LJM.LoE@twwells.com> <hastyCx0nM4.6xF@netcom.com> Distribution: comp.os.386bsd.questions Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 19:26:37 GMT Lines: 39 In article <hastyCx0nM4.6xF@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: >In article <Cx0LJM.LoE@twwells.com> bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes: >>In article <hastyCx0CyM.M8G@netcom.com>, >>Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> wrote: >>: The October issue of Byte Magazine on page 75 has an article on the history >>: of Unix. Not too much to my suprise it does not mentioned anything >>: about FreeBSD, NetBSD or 386bsd. >> >>In fact, the geneology does show net-2, 386bsd, and 4.4lite. The >>chart on p.80 mentions net-2, and that it has a port to the >>386/486, and the 4.4 lite distribution. > > >The article is not clear that 386/BSD refers to Bill Jolitz port or >BSDI. In Fact, since the article mentions BSDI and NOT Bill Jolitz >one can assume that 386/BSD refers to BSDI. > >At any rate, I am still waiting on Peter (phs@netcom.com) to find >out more about what he was thinking with respect to FreeBSD or >NetBSD. > Well, according to Peter his article was limited by space. Additionally, he claims to be a supporter of BSDI and admirer of Linus Torvald. Anyone care to take this one up with the editors of Byte Magazine ? Basically, it would be nice if the correction note stated the existence of FreeBSD and NetBSD and that is readily available to anyone. Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, netaudio, tcl/tk, MIME, midi,sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant Home: (415) 495-3046 e-mail hasty@netcom.com