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- From: mjr@tis.com (Marcus J Ranum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Patches online, was Re: Unix Review review of Alpha/OSF
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:30:41 GMT
- Organization: Trusted Information Systems, Inc.
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- Message-ID: <1k8qmhINN9jd@sol.tis.com>
- References: <1993Jan23.123005.337@rlgsc.com> <1993Jan26.011121.21455@Princeton.EDU> <1993Jan27.003716.3226@decuac.dec.com>
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- rye@scmbrd.dco.dec.com (Bill Rye) writes:
- >2) I think that instead of discussing it here, we should do something about it.
- >I propose the following: Send me a mail message (since I've already marked
- >most of the news messages as read, and came into this discussion in the
- >middle,) containing the following information:
- >
- > Why DEC should post patches on the internet.
- [...]
-
-
- Bill, your heart is in the right place, but your horse is dead,
- and maybe it's cruelty to animals to flog it further. Gail Grant has
- already tried exactly what you're suggesting. Before Gail tried it, I
- tried it informally. Gail managed to get the input up to a VP level I
- believe before it got stonewalled/sidetracked/ignored/bitbucketted.
-
- I think an accurate statement of the situation is "They just
- don't get it".
-
- Perhaps if Gail is still out there, she can comment on how the
- previously solicited customer input was received?
-
- mjr.
- --
- "guns don't die. people do."
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