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- From: bill@ixcim.att.com (Bill Duncan)
- Subject: Re: LX and SUNOS 4.x - how ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.202010.24864@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- References: <1992Dec6.152518.7807@fwi.uva.nl> <421@ftms.UUCP> <1992Dec10.140917.20957@epas.toronto.edu> <1ga8msINNf3q@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:20:10 GMT
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- In article <1ga8msINNf3q@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>, kleigh@cache.Eng.Sun.COM (Kenneth Leigh - Sun BOS Software) writes:
- |> As project leader for the Classic OS port let me just say that yes it
- |> is TRUE that we have mentioned the 4.1.x issue many times but nobody
- |> on the "TEAM" has ever been threatened with termination. Sun does not
- |> work like this at all. In fact we are encouraged to speak up freely
- |> about issues or concerns without fear of termination. I have done so
- |> many times with no ill effects.
- |>
- |> As far as the 4.1.3 for the LX and classsic goes, the decision has been made
- |> to go with Solaris 2.x and that's it (right or wrong).
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- Great. To hell the customer, we'll do it our way.
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- When you start making decisions and that's it (right or wrong),
- customers start looking for someone who will LISTEN to them.
- That's how Sun got where it is. Every computer company going
- down the tubes adopted the philosophy of "that's it (right or
- wrong).
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- | Bill Duncan AT&T Bell Labs |
- | bill@ixcim.att.com Naperville IL |
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