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README.md

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-# bsd
+# BSD and DARPA
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+- at the U of Berkeley students improved AT&T's UNIX codebase
+- whoever ran the code had to purchase a $260.000 license from AT&T
+- US mulitary wanted to consolidate the computer projects they funded to use only one platform/OS
+- BSD Unix won over VMS
+- DARPA funded development of BSD (multi million dollar)
+- also funded a separate entity to implement the new network stack TCP
+- the people at Berkeley did TCP anyway (for free), because they thought they can do better, which turned out to be true
+- released the network code to the public under the newly created BSD license (pay $1000 to get a tape and a piece of paper or just download for free)
+- Bill Joy was leading the team
+- he also invented vi
+- later released a full BSD-licensed system to the public
+- "write a utility and get your name in the light"
+- were sued by AT&T and settled (well, won)
+- Joy left and help founding Sun Microsystems at Stanford
+- video: [A Narrative History of BSD, Dr. Kirk McKusick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds77e3aO9nA)
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+- FreeBSD, Darwin, Mac OSX, IOS(?) are all derived from BSD
+- the TCP code developed at Berkeley is in even more devices and OSes (including MS products)
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