Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 07:31:13 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: okram@notwork.net (razzle dazzle root beer) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.4BSD licensing question freebsd/netbsd/openbsd/linux Message-ID: <199707151231.HAA16280@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199707151101.HAA11230@foo.notwork.net> from razzle dazzle root beer at "Jul 15, 97 07:01:39 am"
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In a previous message, razzle dazzle root beer said: > I was talking with a friend recently regarding Linux's past poor network performance/ability and he said that > the reason it was bad was that they had to do their own network code, they could not take the berkeley code so > they made all the same mistakes over again. > > My question is, why couldn't linux take that code, and why could freebsd, netbsd and openbsd take it? Probably due to the suit of AT&T against BSDI and UCB. >From what I understand, the current versions of Linux do use berkeley networking code now. Paul. -- I was going to mail it for your birthday, but then I couldn't find it and by the time I found it, it was too late and I was embarrassed to send it to you. --from "Excuses, Excuses" *the* compendium of excuses by Leigh W. Rutledge
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