BSD/OS
< BSD
| Developer | Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (1991–2001) Wind River Systems (2001–2003) |
|---|---|
| Written in | C |
| OS family | Unix-like (Net/2) |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Source-available |
| Initial release | BSD/386 1.0, March 1993 |
| Latest release | BSD/OS 5.1 / 2003 |
| Marketing target | Internet server applications |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | x86, SPARC, PowerPC |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| Default user interface | Command-line interface |
| License | Proprietary |
BSD/OS is a proprietary Unix operating system first released in 1993 as BSD/386. It was originally developed and sold by Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDi) and designed to be a Unix for 386-based PCs. It was built off the Net/2 distribution of BSD, on which the developers had previously contributed to.
Eventually the operating system was also ported to support PowerPC and SPARC architectures, and consequently was retitled to BSD/OS as of version 2.0 (1995). In 2001, BSDi sold the rights of the OS to Wind River Systems who developed and released version 5.0 in 2003 before discontinuing the product.