[oclug] dhcp grief

[Rod Giffin]

On Mon, March 7, 2005 20:54, Milan Budimirovic said:
> Bill Strosberg wrote:
>
>>
>> Agreed with all the points above except the networking comment.
>> Windows was constructed around NetBIOS, and all networking design was
>> from a __local__ area network perspective.  Inter-networking was a
>> duct-taped-on mess because no one in Redmond saw the Internet coming
>> until Bill got the Peterbilt radiator-grille imprint on his forehead
>> from standing on the Information Superhighway telling everyone they
>> didn't need to be connected.
>>
> Wasn't NetBIOS developed for IBM by a third party called called Sytek?
> AFAIK Microsoft had very little to do with it; it was IBM that saw the
> need for networking on the IBM PC.

Yes, NetBIOS was developed by Sytek and IBM in the early 84/85ish period.
Microsoft came into the game a little later, but Windows 3.11 did end up
built around it.  Also, IBM didn't actually "see the need" for networking
on the IBM PC, there were many other players around first.  It was an
answer to other plays by players such as 3Com (i.e. 3Server), DEC, Novell,
and the like.

Rod.