Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!geaclib!daveb
From: daveb@geaclib.UUCP (David Collier-Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: why no native unix??
Message-ID: <3502@geaclib.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 88 20:00:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: geaclib.3502
References: <4068750b.13e2d@apollo.COM>
Organization: GEAC Computers, Toronto, CANADA
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> From article <259@olive.athertn.Atherton.COM>, by joshua@athertn.Atherton.COM (Sleaze Hack):
>> 
>> STANDARD IS BETTER THAN BETTER!   and   BUG FOR BUG COMPATIBLE.
>> 

  Well, better is well-defined only if you say what your criteria
are.

  Seriously, though, its a trade-off: you choose a lowest-common
denominator if you want portability as your highest priority, and
bang on your suppliers to improve the lower bound... eventually you
have usefull, portable programs. 
  On the other hand, if you need usefullness first, you have to give
up some degree of portability. And wait for the lcd to catch up with
you.

  I tend to think that the competition between two Unix variants an
a Mutlix-clone or two is healthy, and drives the lcd upward!

--dave
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