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BerkeleySoftwareDistribution, or perhaps BusinessSystemsDevelopments.
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+"*BSD" is often used when talking about [FreeBSD], [NetBSD] and [OpenBSD] as a group. They all originally came from the same source code, the Berkeley Software Distribution from the [University of Calfornia, Berkeley|UCB]. BSD4.2 was perhaps the most influential version. Released in the early 1980's (1983, 1984?). They are all released under the [BSD License].
Has a few Free distributions:
* [FreeBSD] [FreeBSD.org|http://www.freebsd.org]%%%FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for Intel ia32 compatible, DEC Alpha, and PC-98 architectures. It is derived from BSD UNIX, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
-* [NetBSD|http://www.netbsd.org]%%%NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit AlphaServers
and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices.
+* [NetBSD|http://www.netbsd.org]%%%NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit [Alpha]Servers
and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices.
* [OpenBSD|http://www.openbsd.org/]%%%The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.
and a few others:
-* [BSDi|]
-
+* [BSDi|http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/BSDI.html
]
+* Berkeley DataBase
etc...
+----
+
+As quoted by fortune(6):
+''There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.'' -- Jeremy S. Anderson
+
+
+Good things Berkeley gave us:
+* [TCP]/[IP] (aka Berkeley sockets) and related tools
+* GEOS for the Commodore 64
+
+Bad things Berkeley gave us:
+* csh(1)
+
+----
Yet Another Three Letter [Acronym]
+
+See also CategoryOperatingSystem
