Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:01:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph A. Mallett" <jmallett@xMach.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0106151659470.8779-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET> In-Reply-To: <20010615135713Y.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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Do you happen to have any of their Winsock propoganda handy (specifically developer materials or winsock.h header file)? I know for a fact that they have said repetedly that some of it was taken directly from Berkely. I'm just not sure where... I'm going to start digging through my stuff to see if I can find anything. -- [ Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org> ] [ http://srcsys.org ] [ xMach Core Team xMach: Proactively Unbloated Microkernel BSD ] [ FreeBSD, NetBSD, & xMach User; (Obj)C(++) Coder ] [ http://xMach.org ] On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > 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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