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Xref: sserve comp.unix.aix:48609 comp.unix.bsd:15520 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7684 comp.unix.solaris:28051 comp.unix.unixware:14991 Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jemiller From: jemiller@netcom.com (John Edward Miller) Subject: Re: Unix for PC Message-ID: <jemillerD0KD8I.47n@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <199411210319.TAA18133@nic.cerf.net> <D05760.C33@news.cern.ch> <pageoneD09Mqx.A3u@netcom.com> <D0CDv6.8v@novell.co.uk> <3c093e$6bm@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Distribution: inet Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 22:02:42 GMT Lines: 36 Nate Williams (nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu) wrote: : 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. In the commercial world, it's called a beta program and it's done by a limited number of sites, as far out of the public eye as they can keep it, for exactly the reasons we're seeing here - the CEO would have a cerebral hemorrhage if some analyst at some large shareholder ever heard about the development process (e.g. 'patch of the hour') involved in getting their product ready for release.