On Sep 23, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Charles Davis wrote:

> BSD, is also a 'UNIX' 'Look Alike' [to the extent that it has passed
> most of, if not all of the validations to be called UNIX]

BSD stands for 'Berkley Standard Distribution'; the 'of Unix' was left  
off because everyone knew that was implied.

BSD is the other half of the Great Forking between System V and BSD  
back in 1978.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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