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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:08:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org>
To:        "Dimitri T." <midios3@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD article
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000724100147.23869A-100000@spectre.honk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000724134802.77682.qmail@hotmail.com>

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Yes, it's true.  Though you'll never hear Microsoft admit it.  And the
latest rumour that I heard was that they are trying to replace it with
Windows 2000 servers (any day now...)

Which makes me wonder:  With all of the standards-based technologies
included in Windows 2000 (TCP/IP, Kerberos, 3Des, etc...) how much of that
do you suppose was "borrowed" from BSD code?  The BSD license is perfect
for just that sort of thing.  We'll never know, I guess.


- M -

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Dimitri T. wrote:

> hi,
> indeed it's a very good article that will do the job ;^)
> 
> I was surprised when I read the following:
> 
> <snip>
> FreeBSD is much more than an experimental platform. Some of the most popular 
> Web sites rely on it, including Yahoo! and Hotmail.
> </snip>
> 
> I knew about Yahoo but Hotmail?! Mircrosoft's Hotmail relies on FreeBSD? is 
> this true?
> If it is, then I guess this is the best advertisment for our favourite o.s.  
> ;)
> 
> bye,
> dimitri
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