Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:19:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Daniel T. Chen" <crimsun@email.unc.edu> To: Stephen Cass <s.cass@ieee.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IEEE Journalist looking for facts about Microsoft use of BSD code Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.21L1.0106201319001.61084-100000@login3.isis.unc.edu> In-Reply-To: <a05101004b75672d6784e@[140.98.18.70]>
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I realize this may not be the most unbiased source, but there's a response at http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/6/19/05641/7357 It by no means represents the majority view of any users. :) Cheers, dtc --- Dan Chen crimsun@email.unc.edu GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Stephen Cass wrote: > Hello, > > Forgive my intrusion into this mailing list. I'm a journalist with > IEEE Spectrum magazine (www.spectrum.ieee.org). I'm following up the > Wall Street Journal article of June 18th, which describes how > Microsoft uses FreeBSD code. > > I'm aware that many of the utilities like FTP, etc use BSD code and > that services like Hotmail also use FreeBSD servers. What I'm trying > to do is follow up on the allegation made in that Microsoft has > either directly used or copied BSD code internally in its operating > systems, for example in the TCP/IP stack. Can anybody tell me what > evidence, if any, exists to back this up, or does anybody know of > someone who can answer that question? > > To respond, please mail me directly. All comments will be considered > off-the-record unless and until you agree otherwise. Thank you for > your time! > > Sincerely, > > Stephen > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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