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From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: AIX vs standard unix
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.204112.12789@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 91 20:41:12 GMT
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andreess@mrlaxs.mrl.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen) writes:

>In article <1991Jun5.165004.26667@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) writes:
>>>> Some of the differences in AIX seem perverse (eg, why not spell it f77
>>>> instead of xlf?)
>>Gratuitous changes like this cause havoc for users, and for sysadmins
>>trying to figure out how to make it work in a reasonable way [...]

>ln -s /usr/bin/xlf /usr/bin/f77

**FLAME ON**
Another idiotic example of the infinitely wise attitude "We're IBM, we
don't have to!" Aside from the sheer stupidity of using a symbolic link
as opposed to a hard link, it totally ignores the issue of this being a
"gratuitous" change from the standard way of doing things. The answer,
"That's the way we made it. Live with it!" is a ridiculous answer from
any vendor, even IBM.
**FLAME OFF**

Sorry, but I get tired of this sometimes. There are other nice people
at IBM. I apologize for accidentally insulting any of them with this
statement.

pr
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