Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Unix vendors in general/Esix Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 20:52:22 GMT References: <24566@well.sf.ca.us> <1991May3.203336.6532@ico.isc.com> <1991May07.023233.5012@kithrup.COM> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 In article <1991May07.023233.5012@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: > just that it's not common practice to call up your competitor and say, "Hey, > we're planning on adding this feature, which will behave like this, and it > gets used like this, why don't you add it too..." How about getting someone to call up and say "hey, I want to buy a UNIX system for my bedroom, but I want to do so-and-so... do you do that?". If they say "yes", get a copy of their system and see how they do it. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"