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Xref: sserve comp.unix.aix:48721 comp.unix.bsd:15545 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7716 comp.unix.solaris:28188 comp.unix.unixware:15091 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!pacbell.com!well!miwok!myrddin.imat.com!seahunt.imat.com!not-for-mail From: nelson@seahunt.imat.com (Michael_Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Subject: Re: Unix for PC Followup-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Date: 11 Dec 1994 16:50:05 GMT Organization: SeaHunt, San Francisco Lines: 14 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3cfajt$roe@myrddin.imat.com> References: <199411210319.TAA18133@nic.cerf.net> <D0E32G.3x8@news.cern.ch> <MICHAELV.94Dec10124723@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <3cd8fo$ns5@fido.asd.sgi.com> <3cdef1$q87@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Reply-To: nelson@seahunt.imat.com NNTP-Posting-Host: seahunt.imat.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 941109BETA PL0] Nate Williams (nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu) wrote: -> My point is that just because something is claimed to be fixed in a -> sub-release doesn't mean it *IS* fixed, or that it's a correct fix. -> With a commercial release you are at least given some guarantee of -> nominal usefulness and usability, but with the individual 'bug-fix' -> releases of Linux there is NO guarantee. That's why it's called -> beta-testing. :) This is also true with Unixware. Many folks have had serious problems just trying to install many of the "fully tested" fixes Novell has released. There are "NO guarantee"s with Unixware, either.