Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:59:51 -0700 From: "Steve B." <steveb99@earthlink.net> To: <hackers@freebsd.org>, "Jordan Hubbard" <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Subject: Re: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? Message-ID: <002201c0f5de$1f3844a0$f642d9cf@DROID> References: <20010615135713Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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What I read awhile back was MS licensed from BSDi their TCP/IP stack for use in W2K. Steve B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordan Hubbard" <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:57 PM Subject: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? > I've had several marketing types approach me recently for details as > to whether or not Microsoft was using the BSD TCP/IP stack and/or user > utilities, and though it's always been "common knowledge" in the > community that they were, when I set about to "prove" it I found it to > be less easy than I'd thought. I've strings'd various binaries and > DLLs in my copy of Windows 98 but have yet to find anything resembling > proof. Does anyone out there have any details or discovery techniques > for confirming or disproving this assertion either way? It would be > very useful (for us) from a PR standpoint to know. > > Thanks! > > - Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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