Is it true that Microsoft uses BSD's Stack?

[Yannick Van Osselaer]

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On Sunday 21 September 2003 16:50, Jonathan wrote:
> Hi:
>
>  I came across this statement while looking for info on why desktop
> software can be so buggy:
>
> Excerpt:
> "How many non-technical people know that, at least as far as I know, one
> of the primary reasons Microsoft's NT and Win2k etc. actually works and
> remains stable on a LAN is that they used the BSD TCP/IP code.   How
> pathetic it is that Microsoft, with all their billions, can't write
> clearly defined protocol stack software, uses open-source BSD's, and
> then spends millions trying to stymie open-source software! "
>
> From:
> http://anumail1.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2002-August/020463.html
>
>  Is this true? That the Win 2000 and NT machines uses BSD code?

Yes, it's true. At least for the TCP/IP network stack.
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Yannick Van Osselaer
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