"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote:
>
> BSD people agree that Linux stole the BSD IP stack:
>
> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=667152+0+current/freebsd-hackers
>
> This interacts oddly with the frequent claims that Linux has an
> inferior IP stack. One may conclude that the BSD IP stack (which we
> use... WTF?) is an inferior IP stack. :-)
>
> Oh, maybe the stolen BSD code was perfect until Alan Cox broke it.
> Obviously this must be true, since I've seen the stolen-stack claim
> several times recently.
They may have had something in common once upon a time, but I doubt that
it's been true for some time if at all. Both sides have developed their
code a long ways, and in different directions, so what exactly would be
the point of dragging it up now, true or not?
D
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