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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: What is BSD ?? Is there a FAQ out there ??
Date: 5 May 94 21:25:32 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <2qbini$n3r@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> wollman@ginger.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes:
>In article <michaelv.768157513@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>,
>Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> wrote:
>>BSD Unix invented TCP/IP networking, for example.
>Not even close.
OK, fine. I was trying to be as general as possible to answer this
guy's question in as little time as possible. I erred on the side of
semantics, I fear.
BSD Unix made TCP/IP networking the widely used protocol that it is
today. Better?
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free Un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
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