Maybe but Microsoft with their 15,000 programmers has often had to go out and buy somebody else's solution to a problem they either couldn't fix or lacked the time to commit the resources. I've been in this industry since the days of CPM and one thing Microsoft has the muscle to do is buy an entire company just to get the rights to their code because they couldn't do it for the same money or less on their own. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of lbparis Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: Ill-timed failures Dave, That's your guess, but Microsoft has been writing programs and operating systems for at least as long as any of the Linux programmers. I think they are capable of writing networking code without stealing anyone else's. I don't think you can prove what you say, so why say it? Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 5:52 PM Subject: Re: OT: Ill-timed failures > Dave O'Brien writes: > > > Win2k is a very good mix of Win9x and NT. It's got the driver support > > of Win9x and far more stability and the solid networking of NT. > > > > Quite frankly, I'd say that someone in Microsoft played with Linux or > > FreeBSD and said "Cripes, the competition makes us look like > > incompetent idiots. We'd better come up with something with gets us a > > little street cred." > > I believe that MS pulled a fair bit of networking code off one of the free BSD > variants for use in NT. They'd rip stuff off Linux as well but the GPL (license) > won't let them, which is why they complain about it. > > Cheers, > > > - Dave > > David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > > "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, > while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
