Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-25,: Re: [off-topic] Microsoft IP Stack

# Re: [off-topic] Microsoft IP Stack

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:30:33 -0400 (EDT)

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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Josh Cohen (Exchange) wrote:

> Just in response to a thread gone by...
>
> The Microsoft IP stack is a native implementation. It was written
> from scratch according to the relevant RFCs. It was re-written
> to take advantage of the Win32 API featureset to provide the most
> efficient implementation on our platform.
>
> While it is API compatible with the BSD/Unix implementation (sockets),
> it does not contain the BSD source code base, nor is it derived from it.
> (Except, of course, for API compatibility).
> In addition to the standard synchronous sockets API, it also provides
> win32 asynchronous I/O.
>
> As for the claim that we would never admit that Unix has provided
> an excellent heritage, that simply isn't true. In regard to this
> particular example, if memory serves, the original IP stacks weren't
> produced on Unix, but on DEC machines. (eg, PDP-11, VAX)
>
> --joshco
> Protocols. Microsoft.
>

Thank you very much for your excellent response. For those who
concur, I have a bridge I'd like to sell.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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