Re: Is it true that Microsoft uses BSD's Stack?

From: Yannick Van Osselaer (yannick.vanosselaer_at_pi.be)
Date: 09/21/03

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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:14:11 +0200

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    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.
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    Yannick Van Osselaer
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