From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 08:14:32 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 5B70416A4B3 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:14:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oola.is.kpn.be (oola.is.kpn.be [193.74.71.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3187943FE9 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:14:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yannick.vanosselaer@pi.be) Received: from (u212-239-162-30.adsl.pi.be [212.239.162.30]) by oola.is.kpn.be with ESMTP id h8LFESO26578; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:14:28 +0200 Received: from linux.yannick.homelinux.org (linux.yannick.homelinux.org [192.168.1.10]) by pluto.yannick.homelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05D6BE2438; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:14:26 +0200 (CEST) From: Yannick Van Osselaer To: j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:14:11 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <200309210950.05195.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> In-Reply-To: <200309210950.05195.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309211714.26791.yannick.vanosselaer@pi.be> Subject: Re: Is it true that Microsoft uses BSD's Stack? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list 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 15:14:32 -0000 =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-----