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LinuxNews.com: The New BSDI: A Sleeping Giant?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 17, 2000

[ Thanks to LinuxNews.com Editor for this
link. ]

“That BSDI, the leading developer of BSD sofware, merged with
Walnut Creek CD-ROM, the producer of FreeBSD (an Open Source
operating system similar to Linux), is not news. But in the wake of
all the press surrounding the event, there’s one thing Kevin Rose,
Marketing Director of Berkeley Software Design, Inc. wants everyone
to remember:

“BSD was here first.”

“And he’s correct. BSD has long been an established part of
the software of an impressive list of ISP clients. They’ve been
growing quickly and quietly behind the scenes…”

Complete
story
.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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