Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:01:17 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> To: steveb99@earthlink.net Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? Message-ID: <20010615140117A.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <002201c0f5de$1f3844a0$f642d9cf@DROID> References: <20010615135713Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <002201c0f5de$1f3844a0$f642d9cf@DROID>
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Do you have a pointer to what you read? I really need HARD evidence here, not just anecdotal stuff. Thanks! - Jordan From: "Steve B." <steveb99@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:59:51 -0700 > What I read awhile back was MS licensed from BSDi their TCP/IP stack for use > in W2K. > > Steve B. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jordan Hubbard" <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> > To: <hackers@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:57 PM > Subject: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? > > > > I've had several marketing types approach me recently for details as > > to whether or not Microsoft was using the BSD TCP/IP stack and/or user > > utilities, and though it's always been "common knowledge" in the > > community that they were, when I set about to "prove" it I found it to > > be less easy than I'd thought. I've strings'd various binaries and > > DLLs in my copy of Windows 98 but have yet to find anything resembling > > proof. Does anyone out there have any details or discovery techniques > > for confirming or disproving this assertion either way? It would be > > very useful (for us) from a PR standpoint to know. > > > > Thanks! > > > > - Jordan > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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