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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Date: 15 Jan 1996 19:12:48 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> wrote:
] There should be some base level of compliance, X/Open? There will be
] divergence to be competitive but taking code from one platform to the
] next should be made a whole lot easier than it is now.
You are obviously blissfully aware of how Sun and USL maintain
their source trees.
It is difficult (if not impossible) to get cross-platform changes
done in their environment.
This is intentional, in that it limits damage.
On the other hand, if you are hiring engineers to hack code,
you should probably not think of it as damage.
[ ... ]
] It's possible for Unix to be a whole lot more ubiquitous, hell even MVS
] is UNIX95 compliant now.
I can make anything ubiquitous by redefining it. 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.