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From: wnp@iiasa.AT (wolf paul)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Does Microport offer Updates to its users?
Message-ID: <875@iiasa.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 90 12:03:53 GMT
References: <846@iiasa.UUCP> <847@iiasa.UUCP> <10615@rls.UUCP> <334@uport.UUCP> <723@vidiot.UUCP> <1737@ssbn.WLK.COM>
Reply-To: wnp@iiasa.UUCP (wolf paul)
Organization: IIASA, Laxenburg/Vienna, Austria, Europe
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In article <1737@ssbn.WLK.COM> bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) writes:
)... Do you believe that they went through all of
)the bug reports and fixed everything?  If so, then why no 3.2?  Do you
)believe that they just picked up the buggy code and plastered it over the
)Vr4 port?  Such a deal!

Actually, I think they would just take the Vr4 source code from AT&T
and work from there; I don't think that the old 3.x code needs to
enter into the picture.

>I'll try to be fair and wait to see if the leopard has changed it's spots.
>I'll not accuse the new crew of perpetuating the ethics and attitudes
>that killed the first Microport and maimed its customers.  You'll have a

But that's why I feel that an announcement to 3.0e customers about
their new policies and an offer of a 3.2 update would be so important.
It would be an indication of a leopard with changed spots.

>  The happiest I ever was with V/386 was when the UPS driver carried
>it away

I won't comment on that, Bill :-)

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