Re: [offtopic] funny BSD people
Wes Peters (wes@softweyr.com)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:58:50 -0600
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > BSD people agree that Linux stole the BSD IP stack:
> > > Chortle. Every OS has its kooks.
> > > The Linux TCP/IP stack was written by Ross Biro, and other people have in
> > > turn improved on it.
> >
> > Its quite amusing, in email Brian F. Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> is quite
> > insistent that Alan "stole bsd code". Actually I wonder if thats
> > actionable libel.
>
> Every OS has its idiots. I'm sure Brian is a great embarrasment to Jordan
> Hubbard.
Occasionally. It's also important to know that Greenie is only 17 years old,
and has only been at this for a few months. In reality, most "BSD people"
realize that Linux has one of the very few working TCP/IP stacks not derived
from BSD code.
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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