The B stands for "Betcha didn't know this shit is is gangsta."
On 2/13/11, W. Steven Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: > (Apologies to Alex for replying directly to him in my first attempt.) > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Alex Libman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Marco Peereboom - >> >> ...and I do think the question of eternal attachment to >> Berkeley is something that will need to be discussed at some point. >> >> > I fail to see why it's important. > > 4. Changing what B designates doesn't affect how people think about the OS. > > 3. Changing what B designates doesn't affect the quality of the OS, for good > or ill. > > 2. Berkley, as pointed out by Andre, is historically significant. > > And... > > 1. I'm sure the developers have more important things to worry about than > what B in BSD should stand for. > > -- > W. Steven Schneider <[email protected]>
