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Darwin/Mac OS X: The Fifth BSD

Posted by timothy on from the another-chronology dept.

LiquidPC writes: "Lance M. Westerhoff from AppleLust has written a superb article on the history of BSD. The article talks about the first versions of BSD and continues with the stories of NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, BSDi, and it finishes off with Darwin/MacOSX."

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  1. What about... by BSDGeek · · Score: 2, Troll

    What about ClosedBSD?

  2. fifth BSD by Partisan01 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think it's good to see another branch of BSD, not just a fork. I think Darwin has real potential to be something great in the BSD world. Just needs a little time to mature. Does anyone know it's strengths over other forms of BSD?

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    1. Re:fifth BSD by linux_avenger · · Score: 0, Troll

      yeah, it's created by Apple. I mean, wait, that's kind of a weakness. Oh well..

  3. the 5 BSDs....+ lainOS by thanjee · · Score: 0, Troll

    When are people going to start talking about lainOS across the wired? It's the 6th BSD :)

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    Saying your OS is the best because more people use it is like saying MacDonalds make the best food