Dec 13, 2012

A Brief History of the Berkeley Software Distributions

It seems that there's some confusion around the Berkeley Software Distributions and where they came from. It's a bit difficult to keep track amidst all of the infighting and forking caused by various personal, political, and legal issues. I've covered the BSD family quite a bit, but never its history. I'll do so now so that we can all get on the same page.

The history of the Berkeley Software Distributions all starts with 386BSD…