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Xref: sserve comp.unix.aix:48447 comp.unix.bsd:15469 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7637 comp.unix.solaris:27852 comp.unix.unixware:14833 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!rkb55989 From: rkb55989@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Rafal Boni) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Subject: Re: Unix for PC Date: 7 Dec 1994 16:21:04 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 49 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3c4ndg$oq@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <199411210319.TAA18133@nic.cerf.net> <CHRISB.94Nov30100302@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <3bihms$5pf@decaxp.harvard.edu> <palowodaD04HqA.LAJ@netcom.com> <D05760.C33@news.cern.ch> <pageoneD09Mqx.A3u@netcom.com> <D0CDv6.8v@novell.co.uk> <D0E32G.3x8@news.cern.ch> <D0G3ys.DB6@novell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu msohnius@novell.co.uk (Martin Sohnius) writes: >Dan Pop (danpop@cernapo.cern.ch) wrote: [...] >: Has Novell ever released test versions, labeled as such? >Yes. They are called beta releases. >: Did they ever >: receive bug reports for these versions? >Yes. >: Moreover, did they ever >: receive bug reports for _production_ versions of UnixWare? >Yes. What are you actually trying to say/imply? >: Anyone ever wondered why people in suits don't want commercial OS's? >: Here is the answer for you. >You didn't make any statement related to commercial OSes. Instead, you >asked three questions whose rhetoric escapes me. What is the "answer" you >are talking about? What Dan was trying to get accross, I believe, is that the 1.1.xx where xx is some number that was referred to previously, is just that, a *BETA* release. You were saying how shitty Linux QC was, and Dan gave an example of the exact same process in the corporate world... If you want a Linux kernel that is stable, etc., don't run the daily development version [ie, the *BETA* version], run a blessed and stable release version. If you're hacking on the kernel, you might want that beta version, and hence it's out there and available.... Note: I don't use Linux, I know very little about the specifics of what was being discussed, but I did catch the subtle implications you seemed to brush away with your broad-conclusion brush.... --rafal A happy NetBSD/i386 user... /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit | Rafal Boni | | 15% of the earth, which is 100% more than they | r-boni@uiuc.edu | | have now..." -Cartoon caption in New Yorker | My opinions, not UIUC's | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/