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In-Reply-To: <20020315225854.4831fe8f.list@lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk>; from list@lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk on Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 10:58:54PM +0000
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 10:58:54PM +0000, Andrew Basterfield wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:18:31 -0500 (EST)
> Paul Greene <pgreene@patriot.net> wrote:
>
> > The actual quote below:
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > Evidence uncovered last summer points to the Windows operating system
> > borrowing some networking utilities and possibly parts of the TCP/IP
> > stack, the core software that allows networking and Internet
> > connectivity, from the open-source Unix variant FreeBSD.
>
> I wouldn't have thought this would have infringed the BSD license so you
> either live with this kind of thing or change licenses.
>
> I was under the impression MS ported huge chunks of BSD code nearly 10
> years ago when they decided the internet was a good thing and they needed
> a decent tcp/ip stack real quick. Maybe you should be thankful that you
> are sharing the internet with lots of MS/BSD tcp/ip stacks rather than
> fully homegrown MS ones... ...packet storm...
>
> -Andrew
>
> --
> sparc sun4c stuff : http://www.lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk/sparc
> personal email : bob at lostgeneration dot freeserve dot co dot uk
Bullshit since < than 10 years ago the best stack on windblows was
not Bills. Whereas well .. anyways too many good brew to buzz by..
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