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From: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Buffer cache thrashing: was (Re: p.c for Minix)
Message-ID: <28923@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jul 90 03:57:59 GMT
References: <25595@nigel.udel.EDU>
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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In article <25595@nigel.udel.EDU> eo@ansa.co.uk (Ed Oskiewicz) writes:
>
>I have had little feedback to my shutdown(1m) program so will repost
>soon incorporating Earl Chew's improvements. If the referees exist
>could one of you indicate what one has to do to get an
>acknowledgement that you have received (and are looking at) a
>submission.

The referees list hasn't quite worked out the way it was anticipated.
It seemed like such a good idea back when there was a new version of
1.5 every time you turned around and we were all madly trying to
keep up.  Sadly, most of the referees appear to have jobs, families,
or other interests that conflict with their basic desire to be guinea
pigs for new software.  :-)

I still think that beta-testing is a Good Thing.  Perhaps a better
approach would be for the authors of new software to post a description
of their program and ask for beta testers.  Speaking just for myself,
I'm much more likely to make time to test something that I've 
volunteered for than I am something that just comes over the transom.

Comments, anyone?

Ed,
I've received your shutdown program.  It looks interesting and is on
my list of things to look at.  I probably won't get to it in a timely-
enough manner to be of much help as a beta-tester, though.  Sorry.

Paul Allen
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