BSD/OS
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This article is about the proprietary Unix sold by BSDi. For the open source Unix released by Bill Jolitz, see 386BSD.
BSD/OS (originally called BSD/386 and sometimes known as BSDi) is a discontinued proprietary version of the BSD operating system developed by Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDi).
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Developer | Berkeley Software Design, Inc. |
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Written in | C |
OS family | Unix-like (Net/2) |
Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Source-available |
Initial release | BSD/386 1.0, March 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03) |
Marketing target | Internet server applications |
Available in | English |
Platforms | x86, SPARC, PowerPC |
Kernel type | Monolithic |
Default user interface | Command-line interface |
License | Proprietary |
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BSD/OS had a reputation for reliability in server roles; the renowned Unix programmer and author W. Richard Stevens used it for his own personal web server.[1]