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NetBSD Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

Posted by timothy on from the chooses-energizer-bunny-as-new-logo dept.

jschauma writes "This week marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of development of the NetBSD Operating System. The very first commit to the NetBSD source tree (src/Makefile) was by Chris Demetriou on Friday 21 March, 1993. Parties are being held in various cities around the world, see the press release for more details. Happy 10th Birthday, NetBSD!"

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  1. Which is older by bsharitt · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Which is older, NetBSD or FreeBSD.
    What was NetBSD like 10 years ago and how did Linux compare at the time?

  2. I have a question by soorma_bhopali · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Linux has also been around for 10 years. And just like NetBSD there are various other open source alternatives to linux. Why then has Linux grown so much popular in the corporate world? Is it because of GPL or because Linux is superior to these other alternatives?

  3. Re:10th anniversary! by asparagus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And may it keep on dying in the future.

    NetBSD runs on 17 or so processor architectures and 50+ platforms. A pretty impressive feat, especially when you consider all the massive changes that have made it into the industry in the past ten years.

    Kudos to the Net and other BSD teams. Keep that code clean and portable!

  4. Re:Are they girls at these parties? by RLiegh · · Score: 3, Interesting
    She might show up

    If I had mod points, they'd be yours.