Is WinXP based on FreeBSD?

jayakrishnan · 04-01-2002, 03:00 AM

Hi

Is WinXP based on FreeBSD?

BittaBrotha · 04-01-2002, 03:06 AM

It is based on Windows NT/2000 as far as I know!!!

acid_kewpie · 04-01-2002, 03:57 AM

hehe, no, it's not.

good joke tho! keep em coming!

Mara · 04-01-2002, 05:36 AM

Well, I haven't seen XP source, so I can't say for sure :-)

jayakrishnan · 04-01-2002, 06:19 AM

Windows is not open source.

acid_kewpie · 04-01-2002, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jayakrishnan
Windows is not open source.

Thanks for the info, although i can assure you we're all quite aware of that.

nikhiljosh · 04-01-2002, 06:50 AM

While not trying to be rude I would like to point out that this is Linux forum.
We are not at all concerned whether XP is based on BSD or anything.
BTW what do you mean by XP based on BSD?

Aussie · 04-01-2002, 07:06 AM

Microsoft lifted their TCP/IP stack from BSD, and as the BSD license allows this I wouldn't be a bit surprised if there was more that they "borrowed" as well.

trickykid · 04-01-2002, 10:27 AM

XP is based on the NT kernel.

-trickykid

neo77777 · 04-01-2002, 10:45 AM

I guess you heard the news that next generation MS OS's would be based off OpenBSD, hey, it's april 1st, alright.

jayakrishnan · 04-01-2002, 10:29 PM

Hello

I cam accross a web site which had some guys discussing that WInXP was based on BSD.

SO i thought i will ask you guys.

Can i close this tread now.

!!freebsddude · 04-05-2002, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jayakrishnan
Hi

Is WinXP based on FreeBSD?

Hope its not one of those April fool thingys

Nope, they are two different implementations, may share some bits/pieces conceptually, especially since *nix was built before all these windows generations.

shankariyer · 04-05-2002, 01:42 AM

who cares. Is this knowlege of any use.

BTW, one day some one will come up saying that XP's web-site is running on Solaris or who know may be a good version of Linux. Let's wait for the giggle and forget it for now.

acid_kewpie · 04-05-2002, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shankariyer
who cares. Is this knowlege of any use.

BTW, one day some one will come up saying that XP's web-site is running on Solaris or who know may be a good version of Linux. Let's wait for the giggle and forget it for now.

Microsoft / Unisys's wehavethewayout website was running under OpenBSD
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/24681.html

Stephanie · 04-05-2002, 08:45 AM

sancho5, a registered member here, informed me quite a bit about OpenBSD. After researching it a little, I think it is a nice, stable, and very secure open source operating system.

Because of this, there is simply no way WinXP is based on such an elegantly designed system.

However, it is based somewhat on the NT kernel, which Micro$oft has been using since 1996. Basically it is nothing more than NT with a pretty interface, a few kernel enhancements, and several THOUSAND bug / security fixes.