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From: s.telford@ed.ac.uk (Scott Telford)
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
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In article <D0CDv6.8v@novell.co.uk>, msohnius@novell.co.uk (Martin
Sohnius) writes:

> 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.

Of course, NetBSD and FreeBSD are developed in a somewhat different
fashion to Linux so I think you're over-generalizing here just a little...

-- 
Scott Telford, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre,        <s.telford@ed.ac.uk>
University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK.(+44 131 650 5978)
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