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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!kaiwan.kaiwan.com!pell.pell.chi.il.us!pell.pell.chi.il.us!there.is.no.cabal 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 Organization: Every flame is sacred, every flame is great Lines: 21 Message-ID: <49sql5$99f@pell.pell.chi.il.us> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <87rayn8ion.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> <49qa85$q80@agate.berkeley.edu> <MICHAELV.95Dec2230815@mindbender.headcandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pell.pell.chi.il.us Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29026 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9718 comp.unix.advocacy:11664 comp.unix.misc:19787 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. ____ david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.chi.il.us \/