Francois wrote to Roy at 18:54 11 Jun:

 FT> The gist of the article is this:

 FT> FreeBSD comes from 386BSD, which was the project to make the BSD
 FT> code run on 386+ intel machines. NetBSD is an split of freeBSD,
 FT> whith the accent on portability.

There seems to be some minor controversy over which came first, FreeBSD or
NetBSD. According to the http://www.opensources.com website I cited
earlier, NetBSD was actually the original creation -- intended to continue
development of Bill Jolitz's 386/BSD distribution. NetBSD got sidetracked,
though, in the issue of portability. As a result of /that/, FreeBSD was
formed to redirect focus exclusively on the PC-architecture platform. As I
understand the situation, some people were upset at the deteriorating level
of support from the NetBSD group for the PC architecture (the original
platform for 386/BSD), so they created a new group to focus exclusively on
the 386 version.

 FT> OpenBSD is an offshoot of NetBSD, which focuses on security 
 FT> issues. According to the reviewer, FreeBSD is the one with the 
 FT> easiest installer and the most available packages (note: roughly 
 FT> same as Debian). 
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