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- From: trier@slc6.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: Winsock available?
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 19:46:42 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Dec15.211400.28722@microsoft.com> <VuoXVB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
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- In article <VuoXVB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> tbenham@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Tom Benham) writes:
- >How is Windows Sockets different than Berkeley Sockets and why do
- >we need it?
-
- Windows Sockets is for Windows while Berkeley Sockets is for BSD Unix.
- There are some significant differences caused by the different OS archi-
- tectures, but the spirit is meant to be the same.
-
- The benefit is that you will be able to mix and match TCP stacks and
- applications from different vendors. This means that ugly hacks like
- pktmux will not be needed. (Of course, this assumes that interoperability
- Is maintained, but I think it will be. Most TCP vendors seem to value
- interoperability more than vendors in, say, the NetBIOS market.)
-
- >How can one obtain doc?
-
- Anonymous FTP from vax.ftp.com:/pub/winsockapi
-
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