csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) (05/04/88)
[Why the bizarre cross-posting? Followups to comp.unix.{wizards,uucp}.]
In article <44299@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams) writes:
>It's pretty pitiful that Sun makes this a seperate product (read extra cost
>to the customer) instead of making it part of the standard uucp they provide.
We've come full circle -- back to my original grousing four weeks ago that I
couldn't believe that Sun wasn't supporting UUCP X.25. It isn't in the SunOS
release because Sun's only UUCP guru (Bill Shannon) hasn't been given time to
do it. So the German consulting group did it. Granted adding 'f' protocol is
easy; adding all the SunLink support is not. And since the consulting groups
have their own budget and costs to justify, they charge for their work.
Note that only a handful of vendors provide 'f' support at all.
I'm treading on eggshells here, too; there is a strong sentiment at Pyramid
that we should start unbundling things that have value added, like X.25 UUCP.
I'm more the traditional UNIX hacker, rather adverse to charging for standards
that benefit the entire community. But giving everything away tends to lead to
cashflow problems. :-(
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