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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
Date: 06 Dec 1994 23:10:14 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: msohnius@novell.co.uk's message of Mon, 5 Dec 1994 14:35:30 GMT
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.
Let me guarantee you, firsthand, that it doesn't work this way under
NetBSD. The core team is *very* strict about "correct" code, whether
it belongs in the kernel at all, and if it has been thoroughly tested.
Even then, they rarely integrate a patch directly from the
contributor, but look it over and rewrite it into the appropriate
place by hand, so as to have the most amount of thought applied
throughout the process.
(From an occasional NetBSD code contributor...)
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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