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ramblings

We have been gradually moving our SUN systems to Sun OS 4.1.X and I have been
struggling a lot with some apparently low-level changes that SUN has made in
include files with the new OS.

While SUN may have had very good reasons for changing whatever they did, I am
not real pleased with them because half of my software does not compile well
now. Perhaps this is my fault for using FSF software.  Perhaps it is FSF's
fault for not providing patch files faster.  However I think it is interesting
that SUN made this change about the same time as they unbundled the compilers
and other tools from the operating system.  Makes you say HUMMMMMM, doesn't
it?

I am sure that SUN would like us to use poor implementations like olwm and
openwin. However, perhaps they could find a happy medium between their
(un)open software policies for people who want turn-key systems and those who
prefer the flexibility of public domain and FSF software.

BTW. OpenWindows does not seem to come with important libraries like libXmu.a.
But hey - it has NeWS support for the 2 people in the world that use NeWS.

end ramblings, and have calmed down a little now.  Time to take a second look
at those 60 MIP boxes from HP for the cost of a Sparcstation 2 since SUN no
longer seems to have the edge in software compatibility.

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