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Xref: sserve comp.unix.aix:48347 comp.unix.bsd:15450 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7610 comp.unix.solaris:27715 comp.unix.unixware:14710 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Subject: Re: Unix for PC Date: 5 Dec 1994 23:52:14 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 27 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3c093e$6bm@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <199411210319.TAA18133@nic.cerf.net> <D05760.C33@news.cern.ch> <pageoneD09Mqx.A3u@netcom.com> <D0CDv6.8v@novell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <D0CDv6.8v@novell.co.uk>, Martin Sohnius <msohnius@novell.co.uk> wrote: >Wow! Now we really know how quality control works for Linux. "Neither >Linus or myself could test the code first - trial by fire seemed to be the >only way..., since I couldn't think of anything to test it on." > >Anyone ever wondered why people in suits don't want free OS's? Here is >the answer for you. This is NOT the way code is integrated into the other free OS's, and I would venture to say that no-one is forced to run the 'patch of the day' release of Linux either. People in suits 'DO' use free OS's, and saying that they don't is simply not true. However, for critical projects you NEED to have someone at the other end of the phone who WILL answer your question and WILL devote time to fixing YOUR bugs. This is where the free OS's fall short, not in the way they do development. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Unemployed, looking for permanant work in home #: (406) 586-0579 | CS/EE field.