powell@decwrl.UUCP (11/09/83)
From: powell (Mike Powell)
I think people who have obtained copies of Berkeley software have gotten
much more than their money's worth, and probably will continue to do so.
Berkeley serves its purpose by generating new ideas and software, not by
answering the phone. There are an increasing number of companies you can
pay to answer the phone. Berkeley tries to do its best in distributing
the system, but does not have the steady-state resources to handle quickly
the demands generated by a new release of the system.
As a user of the demand-paged virtual memory that Berkeley people added
to Unix 4 years ago (when hackers were hackers, and VAXes were fast) and
local network software that daily makes my life easier, I can offer nothing
but sympathy for those diehards who are waiting for the "standard" version
of Unix to make it into 1980's.
Michael L. Powell
Western Research Lab
Digital Equipment Corp
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on leave from
not to brag, but so you'll know -> Computer Science Division, EECS Dept.
my allegiance University of California, Berkeleyfair@dual.UUCP (11/15/83)
I think WECo goofed. What does Motorola or Zilog or Intel know about
software? Looking at their chip designs, not a whole lot...
Come to think of it, what does WECo or Bell know about software? :-)
4BSD to the end (sorry Laura),
Erik E. Fair {ucbvax,amd70,zehntel,unisoft}!dual!fair
Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, Californiaphil@amd70.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (11/16/83)
That brings to mind the question: which flavor of Unix do people believe
will be the most popular (used on the most computers), BSD or USG?
I can only name two machines which run BSD, VAXs and Suns. There are
surely a few BSD ports going on out there, but Western has signed up
all the major microprocessor houses to support USG. Personally, I think
USG is going to overwhelm BSD despite BSD's many advantages, but that's
just my opinion. I'd like to hear some others.
(my VAX is going to run BSD)
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