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From: weber_w@apollo.uucp (Walt Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: procedural interfaces
Message-ID: <35d21036.1f6@apollo.uucp>
Date: Thu, 2-Jul-87 11:29:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: apollo.35d21036.1f6
Posted: Thu Jul  2 11:29:00 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 06:06:30 EDT
References: <8706291746.AA09491@EDDIE.MIT.EDU> <2349@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: weber_w@apollo.UUCP (Walt Weber)
Organization: Apollo Computer Software Support, People's Republic of Massachusetts
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In article <2349@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>krowitz@mit-kermit.UUCP (David Krowitz) wrote:
>>                                                      If a feature is
>> needed in the OS, the thing to do is to get together 10 or 20 people
>> from across the country (easy enough to do with email) and have a UCR writing
>> party...
>
>Hmm, in the Unix community we have a code writing party instead, and then
>post the change to the net.  In their next release Berkeley picks it up.
>Two years later Sun and DEC pick it up.  Five years later AT&T picks it up
>but changes its name.

John --

1) does this mean that one cannot be a member of your "Unix community" without
   a source license?

2) if your approach met the general-case needs, would there be a market for
   the services provided by, say, Mt. XINU?

It looks to me like your approach leaves out the collection of binary-only sites
who do not have an interest in kernel thwacking, but would like to have additional
features added to their systems.

-- 
Walt Weber               PHONE: (617) 256-6600 x7004
Apollo Computer          GENIE: W.WEBER
Chelmsford, People's Republic of Massachusetts