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From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: free versions of complex software (Re: So let's talk about FSF)
Message-ID: <549@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 6 Oct 88 16:30:18 GMT
References: <780@proxftl.UUCP> <600@sering.cwi.nl> <2133@stpstn.UUCP> <863@proxftl.UUCP>
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
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In article <863@proxftl.UUCP>, bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes:
> In article <540@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
> : Well, I guess this pretty well sums up the difference in attitudes
> : between the UNIX community, and the real world: UNIX hackers seem to
> : feel that software should only be used by knowledgeable experienced
> : UNIX hackers -- forget the rest of the world, and don't bother checking
> : for error conditions!
> 
> So, for myself, who *am* a UNIX hacker, and who does *not* expect
> my software to be used by UNIX hackers, I ask for an apology and
> request that you refrain from such blanket assertions in the
> future.
> 
> Bill

That was a rather all encompassing statement, wasn't it?  It's certainly
not always true, but it does reflect an attitude commonly held in the
UNIX community (as the posting I was following up shows).











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