Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:33:34 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Yannick Van Osselaer <yannick.vanosselaer@pi.be> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it true that Microsoft uses BSD's Stack? Message-ID: <20030921230334.GJ37917@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200309211714.26791.yannick.vanosselaer@pi.be> References: <200309210950.05195.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> <200309211714.26791.yannick.vanosselaer@pi.be>
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--Ah9ph+G2cWRpKogL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 21 September 2003 at 17:14:11 +0200, Yannick Van Osselaer wrote: > 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. No, it's not true. For a while we thought it was, but we proved to be incorrect. Microsoft's network stack was written by a Scottish company called Spider. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --Ah9ph+G2cWRpKogL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/bi5GIubykFB6QiMRAphWAKCKxEf9fKV0/+LFtlqBbJEmwjfrhgCfb/rt wBKfLpJtv3yittz9CAZjoTw= =17xc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Ah9ph+G2cWRpKogL--
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