🚀 go-pugleaf

zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:

>>When ISC decided not to deliver on their promises they should have
>>offered refunds.  I remember being surprised that they didn't, even
>>in light of their poor support on earlier products.

>The rule of caveat emptor applies to ALL software. Buy from someone like
>Egghead that lets you take it back if you don't like it. The same applies
>to mail order.

>I'm suprised that people buy software for "futures". There are a lot of lying
>scum out there selling things they have no intention of delivering. Sometimes,
>even honest companies can't deliver what they promised.

>You should buy software for what it does for you here and now. Not for any of
>that "strategic roadmap" diarrhea that comes from the mouths of lying Liberal
>Arts Marketing Slime. I've had to relearn this lesson so many times. I suspect

I know lots of lying scum sales droids who have technical backgrounds.
People do not lie because they don't know the facts, they lie because they
are inferior human beings.  I have met my fair share of deficient humans
with all sorts of backgrounds, but the best techies are the ones with a true
appreciation for what it means to be human.  Only the people who are hooked
up with the human experience can truly come up with useful art.

>others have, also.

>Now, to make this diatribe at least somewhat relevant to the subject line.

>You should buy ISC Unix 3.2 NOW for what it does for you NOW. Buy svr4 Unixes
>for what they do for you NOW. If you think you want Solaris, then wait till
>SunSoft delivers it instead of buying something with the idea of upgrading.

>My sympathies to those who got screwed on Intel/ISC svr4. Don't repeat the same
>mistake by buying into vaporware again.

Of course the real problem is that people want more than they paid for.
Witness people who buy a house to get rich on inflation rather than just
having a nice place to live.

Back to SYSV, there are even parts of the 3rd generation Dell release that
are not working yet, and even parts of the Solaris 2 distribution.  I
support what you say about buying sofware for what it can do for you now,
but part of now is preparing for the future.  In some ways my Intel
SYSVR4.0.3 is a better product for me now than a more stable but less
featureful version.  In some ways I spend a lot of time spinning my wheels,
but that is true with obscure parts of all UNIXes.


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