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From: ericg@firesign.com (Eric Geyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc
Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community"
Date: 17 Mar 1997 17:43:08 GMT
Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link
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References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <5g76gb$6c6@flea.best.net>
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<5g90qg$aj6@innocence.interface-business.de>
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To: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
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[Posted and mailed]
In article <5g9hjp$api@flea.best.net>,
dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon) writes:
>:In article <5g90qg$aj6@innocence.interface-business.de>,
>:J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de> wrote:
>:>fastbit@earthlink.net wrote:
>:>
>:>> Regarding the OS: the 6.2 IRIX is much, much better than 5.3 in terms of
>:>> stability and performance especially when you use XFS file systems. No,
>:>> you can't get the source code for it. SGI is a for-profit company, not
>:>> a university or research organization that gives away free source code.
>:>> Can you name any for-profit company that does ?
>:>
>:>BSDi.
TIS, makers of the Gauntlet Firewall, give you the source when you
purchase the product. This is part of their method of allowing people
to verify the security of the product. Also, if you find a bug, you
can hack it yourself before you get a fix from TIS.
Cheers
Eric Geyer
ericg@firesign.com