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The BSD Family Tree

Posted by Hemos on from the learning-about-it-all dept.

A reader writes: "Every time BSD gets mentioned on Slashdot, the usual round of questions get asked. Most queries want to know what the differences in the BSDs are. For the April DaemonNews, James Howard has written the answer."

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  1. Re:Before everyone else says it... by howardjp · · Score: 4

    SecureBSD and TrustedBSD are really just extensions to FreeBSD. Similarly, RTMX is a set of extenstions to OpenBSD. I didn't think it would be good to include them in this. Addtionally, with BSD/OS effectively merging with FreeBSD, I didn't include it either. However, it gives me an idea for a new article... :)

  2. A correction about NeXTStep by Noer · · Score: 4

    a minor correction...

    "NeXT eventually quit making hardware and implemented NeXTStep for other operating systems, changing the name to OpenStep. "

    Actually, NeXTSTEP was the OS, as i recall, and its name was changed to OPENSTEP when it was ported to Intel hardware. NeXTStep was the set of frameworks for rapid app development, which was called OpenStep on OPENSTEP as well as on the other operating systems on which it ran, such as Solaris and Windows NT.

    This is pure nitpicking, and I don't mean to detract from a really excellent article. But NeXT Inc's product line was always a bizarre confusion of different capitalizations; I may not have it quite right either.

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