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Matthew Dillon
dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Fri Jul 9 09:22:36 PDT 2004
I guess the best way to explain the difference between DragonFly and
DragonFly BSD is like this:
* At a conference, or in literature, having a nametag reading 'DragonFly
BSD' or 'The DragonFly BSD Project' is far, far more informative
then a nametag reading 'DragonFly' or 'The DragonFly Project'.
* But in code, and in casual conversation, DragonFly BSD or
DragonFlyBSD is way too wordy and doesn't really roll of the tongue
very easily. It's a lot easier to say 'DragonFly', and so we do.
In fact, we often just say 'DFly'.
And that is why both names are being used.
-Matt
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