Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:54:13 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Shane R. Stixrud" <> | Subject | Re: [off-topic] Microsoft IP Stack |
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A very respectable response.
Cheers.
________________________________________________________________ Shane R. Stixrud - Sr Network Engineer spgsrs@vmmc.org Virgina Mason Medical Center http://www.vmmc.org
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. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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