From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 10/10/2025 8:39 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-10-10, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >> In article <10c89re$2n78q$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >> Simon Clubley   wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-10-08, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >>>> VSI has published final agenda:   
   >>>>       https://events.vmssoftware.com/bootcamp-2025/agenda   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> That's a very interesting range of topics. It's starting to feel   
   >>> like the old DECUS conferences of yesteryear.   
   >>>   
   >>> One thing of special interest is that the rewrite of the TCP/IP stack   
   >>> is back on the WIP list. This was tried in the past by VSI and then   
   >>> dropped. Interesting that the FreeBSD stack was chosen as the starting   
   >>> point for this.   
   >>   
   >> I'm curious as to your thoughts on the FreeBSD stack.  My sense   
   >> is that it is one of the better implementations out there, and   
   >> has had a ton of work done on it (including recently).  It also   
   >> has a permissive license that makes it suitable for integration   
   >> into a proprietary system like VMS.   
   >   
   > That's exactly my point. It's an excellent starting point for   
   > a VMS-specific TCP/IP stack.   
   >   
   > It's vastly better than the original UCX disaster area and looks to   
   > be far better than whatever they used for the UCX 5 (TCP/IP Services)   
   > rewrite.   
      
   I believe a lot of the current stuff came from Tru64. Which means   
   that it is an excellent TCP/IP stack. In the mid 1990's!  :-)   
      
   Arne   
      
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