Linked by Roberto Dohnert on Tue 17th Jun 2003 19:25 UTC
Everyone knows what Microsoft does by now. What some people do not know is that Microsoft releases a system integration software named Windows services for UNIX. 
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BSD software is a different story. Ownership doesn't dissapear with BSD software as it does with GPL software. Rather ownership is granted to anyone who wants to take it and modify it. In other words, BSD licensed code can migrate to other licenses. This can help propietary startups. It can also help open source projects.
One of the things BSD style software is best at is promoting new standards. For instane, the TCP/IP stack was so quickly adopted largly because a free prototype stack was avaliable. Undeniably, this code has helped the entire computing industry.
Of course, GPL software can still have stars as well, notably gcc has had a great impact on the world. But notice that most gccisms have not been adopted into other compilers. Neither has the GNU extensions to the UNIX toolchain been incorporated into every UNIX.