Berzerkeley

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  Berzerkeley /b*r-zer'klee/ n. [from `berserk', via the name of a
     now-deceased record label; poss. originated by famed columnist Herb
     Caen] Humorous distortion of `Berkeley' used esp. to refer to the
     practices or products of the {BSD} Unix hackers. See {software bloat},
     {Berkeley Quality Software}.
  


     Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political
     peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as far
     back as the 1960s.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Berzerkeley
       
           /b*r-zer'klee/ (From "berserk", via the name of a
          now-deceased record label) A humorous distortion of "Berkeley"
          used especially to refer to the practices or products of the
          {BSD Unix} hackers.
       
          See {software bloat}, {Missed'em-five}, {Berkeley Quality
          Software}.
       
          Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and
          political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been
          reported from as far back as the 1960s.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-06-01)