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From: vixie@gw.vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: What is "BSD"?
Date: 23 Aug 1995 18:10:11 GMT
Organization: Vixie Enterprises
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In-reply-to: kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 23 Aug 1995 12:40:07 GMT

>> now can someone please tell me the "harm" that's been done?

>The trademarked BSD is now the technologically inferior one.

I, um, won't debate that with you.  But you didn't answer my question,
or at least, you did not demonstrate harm.  FreeBSD got its trademark.
All indications are that NetBSD could have its trademark.  Nobody wants
to call their system "BSD" now that CSRG is dead; not even BSDi uses
that for a product name (they use BSD/OS, for the record.)  So, what harm?
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Paul Vixie
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