Re: Where did OpenBSD come from?

From: Olaf Hoyer (ohoyer_at_gaff.hhhr.ision.net)
Date: 01/23/04

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To: Lucas Czejgis <lucas@resitez.net>

    On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Lucas Czejgis wrote:

    > Hello!
    > I have a little question, and I'm quite confused. I know, that first, was
    > 386/BSD released, then came FreeBSD and NetBSD. But which *BSD gave "birth"
    > to OpenBSD.
    > In a book called "FreeBSD: The Complete Reference" the author says, that
    > OpenBSD came out from FreeBSD.
    > But, on this
    > (http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux2.php), the
    > author says: "Later on down the road, some internal disagreements within the
    > NetBSD project caused the OpenBSD project to split off from it."
    > And now I don't know where OpenBSD came from? FreeBSD or NetBSD?

    Due to some (also personal reasons), Theo de Raadt split from NetBSD,
    and started the OpenBSD project. On his page
    http://zeus.theos.com/deraadt/coremail.html

    there is the whole thing explained.

    HTH
    Olaf 

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