Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!metro!cluster!necisa!boyd From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au (Boyd Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: What constitutes a good OS? Message-ID: <1998@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au> Date: 18 Jan 91 04:42:01 GMT References: <1991Jan15.084127.4044@kithrup.COM> <41754@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <5298@auspex.auspex.com> <41907@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Organization: NEC Information Systems Australia Pty. Ltd. Lines: 13 In article <41907@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes: > >It has been my experience that bugs in the kernel get fixed faster than >bugs in the non-kernel packages because more people complain and bugs >are generally more catastrophic and there is less often a fall-back >program. This is not to say that I think it is a good idea. So tell me about the `System V lost inode bug' and its resolution? Boyd Roberts boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''