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From:Don Cox
Date:7 Jun 2001 at 13:43:04
Subject:Re: Holger Kruse-Miami

On 07-Jun-01, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> Alan Buxey said,
>
>>> Whether it will be competitive with MiamiDx remains to be seen.
>>> Considering how many hours it will take to code, debug and document
>>> a complete TCP stack and firewall, I would have thought it would be
>>> cheaper for AmigaInc to buy MiamiDx from Holger for cash.
>
>> why not just port/rip/implement the latest FreeBSD TCP/IP stack?
>> thats what all the other OS's do
>
> It's still a lot of work to port and debug. Miami and MiamiDx are
> based on BSD but still required a lot of work.

Miami also comes with a couple of dozen utility programs.

My feeling is that people should get a copy of MiamiDx while they can,
in spite of the lack of support. The documentation is good, if you
print it out.

Regards



Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net

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