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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: *BSD Unification?
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:50:29 +1000
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Helge Oldach wrote:
> 
> In <5i1aav$qd@web.nmti.com> peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> | [BSD] networking [is] a relatively easy module to steal, if you just
> | look at the number of people who've done it (including, by some
> | rumors, good old Microsoft).
> 
> Not rumors, your eyes. Just do a strings(1) over the various DLLs and
> EXEs...

Pity they can't get it right, even when "borrowing" someone elses
code...  Try doing a 'reget' or 'restart' when talking to a M$ server
and see how far you get (or don't 'get' as the case may be!!!).

The implementation of these basic features would be all of about 5 lines
of C!

Tony