From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 07:50:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB2E16A4B3 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 07:50:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A42443FF7 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 07:50:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net) Received: from 103.st-louis-108-109rs.mo.dial-access.att.net ([12.85.107.103]) by mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11) with SMTP id <2003092114500311100k2pase>; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:50:03 +0000 From: Jonathan To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:50:05 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309210950.05195.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Is it true that Microsoft uses BSD's Stack? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:50:06 -0000 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? -- Kind regards, Jonathan