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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: 7 May 94 17:23:40 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <2qbhh8$9fe@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>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.
I already restated my last sentence to be less sweeping in generality.
But without BSD Unix development in the TCP/IP area, the color of
networking in the world today would likely be *very* different. And,
quite possibly, that color would be a very bland mixture of AT&T TLI
and some tortured lower-level protocol.
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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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