[Tfug] Microsoft reportedly wants open source software users to pa y rolyalties

[Stephen Hooper]

On 5/17/07, Jude Nelson <judecn at gmail.com> wrote:
> M$ took their networking code from BSD, not VMS, as I recall.
>

Their TCP/IP code.  Yes, I have heard that before.

I thought Windows networking was partially inspired by a bunch of guys
they hired from DEC.  I don't know though, maybe that was just a
rumour...

I do know that a bunch of people who worked on OpenVMS were hired by
Microsoft...