Unix Bugs vs. VMS bugs

Tim Smith tim at cithep.UucP
Sat Nov 17 18:33:34 AEST 1984


> After seeing the hundreds or thousands of bugs in the list I wonder
> how much wasted effort will go into fixing them. Every Unix
> site will have to perform the same work to fix the bugs.
> With luck, most of the fixes will work. Some probably won't, which will
> result in new bug reports that will have to be resolved. When
> does it stop? My guess is that DEC support of Ultrix, IBM support
> of PC/IX, Tektronix support of whatever they call their version,
> and Bell support of System 5 will bring down the amount of wasted
> time but compared to running VMS, sites running these versions of
> Unix will still be paying more.

If I decide to port VMS to the Callan ( and manage to avoid the men
in white coats long enough to actually do it... ), why does this make
it cost more for you to run VMS?  This seems to be what you're saying
happens with UNIX.
-- 
Tim Smith		ihnp4!cithep!tim  or  ihnp4!wlbr!callan!tim



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