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From: orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 3 Dec 1995 10:35:17 -0800
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In article <MICHAELV.95Dec2230815@mindbender.headcandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
>But once again, the fact is raised that at least the *BSD groups keep
>the entire source tree in a well-managed CVS enlistment system. Is
>there any of the native Linux system in such well-managed state?
>Could you retrieve a specific kernel file from a specific date for me?
>Any commercial company who developed software like that would quickly
>go out of business, after their software got buggier and harder to
>maintain, and users quit buying the stuff.
I don't know how Linus does internal version control, but there
are plenty of companies that don't use version control (or have got
Company Standards(tm) like DEC's CMS, which is worthless) that are
not known for 'buggier and harder to maintain' software. SCCS is
an unqualified Good Thing(tm), but, regretfully, it's not necessary
to use it to produce good reliable code.
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david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.chi.il.us
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