I was trying to say they keep current. I do know for a fact that Microsoft
purchases source code from other vendors and modifies it for use with their
products. I would assume that they do not consider it worth their while to
go back and purchase the updates. I'd say your assumption about skimming is
pretty reasonable.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Matuscak [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 9:24 AM
> To: Bill Stackpole
> Cc: Firewalls (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: Microsoft DNS
>
> On Fri, 7 May 1999, Bill Stackpole wrote:
>
> > One thing is for sure, Microsoft is no innovator. Their DNS is a copy
> of
> > BIND with a graphic front end and a few registry enties.
>
> OK, no argument with the basic premise. *But*, if MS DNS uses Bind source
> code why does it work so poorly? My assumption is that they sort of
> looked at Bind, skimmed the rfcs and then rolled their own.
>
>
> Joe Matuscak
> Rohrer Corporation
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