Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:14:11 +0200 From: Yannick Van Osselaer <yannick.vanosselaer@pi.be> To: j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it true that Microsoft uses BSD's Stack? Message-ID: <200309211714.26791.yannick.vanosselaer@pi.be> In-Reply-To: <200309210950.05195.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> References: <200309210950.05195.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 September 2003 16:50, Jonathan wrote: > Hi: > > I came across this statement while looking for info on why desktop > software can be so buggy: > > Excerpt: > "How many non-technical people know that, at least as far as I know, one > of the primary reasons Microsoft's NT and Win2k etc. actually works and > remains stable on a LAN is that they used the BSD TCP/IP code. How > pathetic it is that Microsoft, with all their billions, can't write > clearly defined protocol stack software, uses open-source BSD's, and > then spends millions trying to stymie open-source software! " > > From: > http://anumail1.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2002-August/020463.html > > Is this true? That the Win 2000 and NT machines uses BSD code? Yes, it's true. At least for the TCP/IP network stack. =2D --=20 Yannick Van Osselaer Public Key: wwwkeys.us.pgp.net =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/bcBI93+qyX+enAERApwuAKCtqSa+QiK20DLORzkRjnyzQ1+TJgCcCedT =46pqwedF//I2BphBo72ZVwwY=3D =3DE/dY =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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