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From: jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: TCP-IP libraries for Macs and ATs
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Date: 5 Oct 88 14:27:57 GMT
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As I understand the issue:  Apple bought the CITI code (UMich).  Apple did
the TCP/IP, which may or may not contain CITI code.  Apple will supply the
TCP/IP layers, accessible via the standard MAC I/O interface (argument blocks
and O/S calls, but no socket library) to OEMs, who will re-sell it bundled
with add-ons and applications.  U-B has some sort of a deal whereby they
have gotten a head-start on supplying applications, possibly in return for
work on the TCP or IP.  Both Apple and U-B products were announced at the
Interop convention last week, but neither is shipping right now.  U-B beta
code, Brown TN3270 and NCSA were present, running on the Apple TCP/IP.  The
electronic mail center's MAC farm ran NCSA.

Disclaimer: I heard very little of this directly from Apple or U-B
spokespeople, so ask them before you go out on a limb...

jbvb