From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <10cauq9$20cl$1@dont-email.me>,   
   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.   
      
   Agreed.  Where does Process Software fit in all of this?   
   Multinet always seemed very good.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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