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From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Message-ID: <1995Jan19.202152.25411@cs.cornell.edu>
Organization: Cornell CS Robotics and Vision Laboratory, Ithaca, NY 14850
References: <3fk4hi$iu8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <1995Jan19.015527.16465@cs.cornell.edu> <3fm171$hes@ivory.lm.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 20:21:52 GMT
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In article <3fm171$hes@ivory.lm.com> peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) writes:
>In article <1995Jan19.015527.16465@cs.cornell.edu>,
>Matt Welsh <mdw@cs.cornell.edu> wrote:
>>In article <3fk4hi$iu8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> mmead@goof.com (matthew c. mead) writes:
>>If you're a big compaNY and one of Sun or BSDI's major customers,
>>maybe you can call them up and get results quickly---but this isn't always
>>the case. 
>
>You're completely, utterly, and didactically wrong.

So I am. Thanks for the correction.

>>The companies that I have worked for have sometimes had this
>>clout, and other times have had no luck in getting problems resolved 
>>in a reasonable amount of time. I would argue that the variance in turnaround
>>time for fixing Linux problems is somewhat less. 
>
>I would argue that you're a raving loon.

Thank you! I try my best.

mdw