[BSDCert] about BSD certification

[Jim Brown]

* Marek Piotr Stolarski <dyziu at fouk.org> [2005-04-18 02:57]:
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 07:17:38PM -0600, Sancho2k.net Lists wrote:
> 
> => I don't believe there is any sort of a certification process to
> => designate your system as BSD. If you've based it off of a BSD kernel,
> => it's probably "BSD" simply by nature.
> 
> BSD kernel... Uhm, I'm corious, what kind of base system does it have? GNU?  


Hello Marek,

Because it's a nice day, I'll take this as "not a troll".  

BSD systems predate GNU development by roughly a decade (and 3000 miles).
A very good readable summary of the history of BSD, written by Marshall Kirk McKusick,
is available at:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html

See also: http://www.robotwisdom.com/linux/timeline.html


Best Regards,
Jim B.