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Berkeley Software Design

Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDI or, later, BSDi), was a software company founded in 1991 by members of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), known for developing and selling BSD/OS (originally known as BSD/386), a commercial and partially proprietary variant of the BSD Unix operating system for PCs.

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Genre
Operating system software
Founded
2001
Industry
Computer software
Headquarters
U.S.
Defunct
2001/2002
Fate
Acquired

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Creation and BSD/386

USL v. BSDI lawsuit

Mergers and sale

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Berkeley Software Design

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples10
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Berkeley Software Design

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Defunct · 1
Berkeley Software Design → 2001/2002
Fate · 1
Berkeley Software Design → Acquired
Founded · 1
Berkeley Software Design → 2001
Founder · 1
Berkeley Software Design → Rick Adams, Keith Bostic, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Mike Karels, Bill Jolitz
Genre · 1
Berkeley Software Design → Operating system software
Headquarters · 1
Berkeley Software Design → U.S.
Industry · 1
Berkeley Software Design → Computer software
Products · 1
Berkeley Software Design → BSD/OS
Successor · 1
Berkeley Software Design → Wind River Systems, iXsystems
Website · 1
Berkeley Software Design → bsdi.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 1999-04-20)

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bsd bsdi software company systems 386 computer os ixsystems wind river berkeley inc system internet freebsd source 1991 usl jolitz

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Berkeley Software DesignDefunct2001/20021.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignFateAcquired1.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignFounded20011.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignFounderRick Adams, Keith Bostic, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Mike Karels, Bill Jolitz1.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignGenreOperating system software1.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignHeadquartersU.S.1.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignIndustryComputer software1.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignProductsBSD/OS1.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignSuccessorWind River Systems, iXsystems1.00infobox
Berkeley Software DesignWebsitebsdi.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 1999-04-20)1.00infobox

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