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From: north@down.UUCP (Professor X)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: 4.2 progressive or dead end
Message-ID: <127@down.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Apr-84 10:18:05 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 11 10:18:05 1984
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Some sites run 4.2 because they want the network support.  Believe me,
that's the *only* reason we're even thinking about it.  Some sites run
4.2 because they don't want to be left behind, now that 4.1 is passe'.
But I don't know anyone running 4.2 who thinks it's Truly Wonderful.
Those who have gone through the painful cut-over are in a better position
to say than I.  In certain quarters the perception is that Bell Labs Edition 8
would stomp all over 4.2 if it would be released.

It still amazes me that, simply because a bunch of grad student hacker droids
at Berkeley unleashed 4.2 (with *gasp* SENDMAIL) on us, the Unix community feels
so obliged to accept.

	Stephen C North