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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: bug with ufs file creation (Not!)
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
References: <CCyLF6.n6@kithrup.com> <CCz5n2.9v7@pilhuhn.sub.org> <GMT07Sep.93.34239@work1.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <CD1BF5.JMM@poly.edu>
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 01:50:36 GMT
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In article <CD1BF5.JMM@poly.edu>, Theodore S. Kapela <kapela@poly.edu> wrote:
>Now, I wish people would stop assuming SunOS is the definitive Unix or BSD, 
>since it is *neither*.  Just because XXX OS does something does not mean
>it is right.

That's true.

Just because BSD does things one way, doesn't mean it's right.

There's some awful stuff in System V, like the IPC mess, but there's some
good stuff, too. Why not learn from it?