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From: bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: RFC: EMACS vs TPU (warning: flame)
Message-ID: <167@bu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 23:06:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 23:06:22 1986
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Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci.
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>>In a recent article bzs@bucsd.UUCP (Barry Shein) wrote (with respect to
>>TPU versus emacs):
>>
>>I would seriously consider GNU emacs, or at least UNIPRESS with sources
>>(or CCA with sources for that matter.) I don't know if sources are available
>>for TPU/LSE (ufiche doesn't count, try loading it into TPU!) Besides being
>>able to fix your own bugs without feeling the helplessness of filling out
>>SPRs...

>I can't resist: perhaps this company is not interested in HAVING bugs that 
>require fixing themselves? Not to mention chaotic updates?

>Carefully-built systems of the world, unite! Down with Unix!

Fine, I can't resist either. Show me a system where there either are
no bugs or fixing them myself is slower than trying to get the vendor
interested and I'll buy it. Until then I assume you are comparing UNIX
to your fantasies (or are just willing to spend lotsa lotsa bucks on
private consultants from the vendor.)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University