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  1. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!jsbus
  3. From: jsbus@netcom.com (JSB Corp)
  4. Subject: Winsock
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec23.234919.224@netcom.com>
  6. Summary: commercial product supports berkeley sockets and winsock
  7. Keywords: vsl winsock jsb
  8. Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
  9. Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:49:19 GMT
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  12. >trier@slc6.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier) writes:                         
  13.                                                                             
  14. Tom Wallace                                                                 
  15. >trier@slc6.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier) writes:                         
  16.                                                                             
  17. >> Windows Sockets is for Windows while Berkeley Sockets is for BSD Unix.   
  18. >> There are some significant differences caused by the different OS archi- 
  19. >> tectures, but the spirit is meant to be the same.                        
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  22. At the risk of treading into the grey area of commercial posting,           
  23. Windows developers should note that there is a product called               
  24. Virtual Socket Library (VSL) that uses Berkeley Sockets calls               
  25. to talk, not only to Windows Sockets                                        
  26. compliant TCP/IP's, but most of today's popular networks as well ...        
  27. with one common API. Rather then use newsgroup space to let you             
  28. know the details, you can contact:                                          
  29.                                                                             
  30. Tom Wallace                                                                 
  31. tomwa@jsbus.com
  32. JSB Corporation - 408-438-8300 ext 209
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