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Compaq Licensing BSD TCP/IP Stack

Posted by Nik on from the just-call-me-Hillary dept.

As this release announces, BSDi have just licensed the BSD/OS Parallel TCP/IP stack to Compaq for use in their Himalaya range of servers. Which is great, but I'm still trying to work out why they called them "Himalaya."

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  1. Himalaya because... by dru · · Score: 2

    It's a brand name for the Tandem NSK hardware, acquired by the Q about three years ago. Tandem hardware based on the MIPS R4x000 were called Himalayas, hardware based on the MIPS R1x000 are called Sierras, and Yosemite will be Alpha based hardware. (I used to work for Tandem)

  2. Himalaya by Lord+Kano · · Score: 2

    Himalaya == Highest mountains in the world.
    Highest Mountains in the world == Above everyone else's heads.

    LK

    --
    "Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
  3. Re:What's the difference? by natenate · · Score: 2

    Not even close. Compaq is licensing BSDi's "Parallel TCP/IP Stack". The key word there is *parallel*. FreeBSD does *not* have a parallel TCP/IP stack.

    Read the press release for more info (although, one would think it logical to do this *before* posting).