With the full knowledge that what I'm saying will probably be of no use,
I have a personal friend who is a Microsoft certified developer, with
full access to the source code of most Windows versions and other
well-known Microsoft apps. He has told me more than once that, yes,
the NT TCP/IP stack is somewhat BSD-derived, but from other conversations
I gather that he has had to change things on his personal machines
(things that never made it, and probably never will, in any MS official
distribution), to make it *more* BSD-like.
I'll ask him for details, and for any links, but you shouldn't really
expect an answer before Monday..
G'luck,
Peter
--
When you are not looking at it, this sentence is in Spanish.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:01:17PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> Do you have a pointer to what you read? I really need HARD evidence
> here, not just anecdotal stuff. Thanks!
>
> - Jordan
>
> From: "Steve B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 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!
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