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From: smcarey@mailbox.syr.edu (Shawn Carey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 25 Jan 1995 21:59:47 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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References: <1995Jan21.045834.11541@ka4ybr.com> <D2x913.3x@kerberos.demon.co.uk> <1995Jan25.153658.969@osborne.demon.co.uk>
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In article <1995Jan25.153658.969@osborne.demon.co.uk> alan@osborne.demon.co.uk (Alan Osborne) writes:
>Anthony Lovell (alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: Mark A. Horton KA4YBR (mah@ka4ybr.com) wrote:
>
>: : 	I think the entire "vendor support" argument is, in reality, another way
>: : 	of saying "Whew!  There's a problem!  I can blame it on the vendor and 
>
>: I think you've hit the nail on the head with this one
>
>Too right - Good shot!
>

I don't get it.  Are you saying that people should happily fix bugs in
software they pay for?  Software companies usually have enough problems
getting their own products out the door without fixing bugs in the OS
that thier products run on.

>-- 
>AlanO
>

-Shawn Carey