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From: kaiser@cheese.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: DEC's support of Ultrix vs. VMS
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Date: 14 Sep 89 01:34:50 GMT
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In article <1989Sep13.144439.15922@acd4.UUCP>, mjb@acd4.UUCP (Mike Bryan) writes...

|When asked about the problem of DEC providing tools for VMS, but not
|for Ultrix, the DEC person said that "all new products will be
|released simultaneously for both VMS and Ultrix."  I'll believe it
|when I see it, but it is at least a shred of hope.

It's not my intention to deprive you of that shred of hope, but personally I
take this with a grain of salt.  Digital's developers are only human, after all,
and things aren't always READY for release simultaneously.  When they're not,
there's always the choice of either (1) holding up the earlier version to
release with the later one, or (2) releasing each when it becomes ready.

Which do you choose?  I'd prefer to release them when they're ready, and not
hold up one version simply because its other-OS sibling hasn't made its way
through qualification yet.

Nonetheless, it's an ideal we'd like to come close to.

---Pete

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