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From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: bug in newgrp?
Summary: What you sees ....
Message-ID: <357@kosman.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 87 17:57:16 GMT
References: <283@manta.UUCP>
Organization: K.O.'s Manor - Vital Computer Systems, Oxnard, CA 93035
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In article <283@manta.UUCP>, brant@manta.UUCP (Brant Cheikes) writes:
> [ deleted a specific complaint ]
> 
> I find myself wondering, what with this bug and the various others
> that people have mentioned over the past several months (including the
> annoying ksh bug in which the shell dies if the input line exceeds 128
> (?) characters, which can easily happen with <esc>*), is the AT&T Unix
> PC development group still alive, and are they putting together a
> new release of the OS?  Or do we just plan on living with what we've
> got?  If they're still operating, how do we make sure our favorite
> bugs get fixed in the next release?

I think you can forget about it.  No matter what it looks like, AT&T *is*
a business, and they make business decisions.  The UNIX PC is a dead product
from their point of view; all units are sold, and there are no more being
made.  They will honor (I suppose) their service contracts, but I cannot
imagine that they will put the resources into developing anything new.

Somehow, in this business, fixing bugs has come to be regarded as developing
"something new".  Philosophically I have some trouble with this, but as a
person who also makes business decisions, I cannot see another way ... oh,
well, that discussion belongs in another group anyway ...