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- From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum)
- Subject: Re: Connecting Modems to DEC Stations
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.043558.11448@decuac.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center
- References: <16qftlINNpig@iraul1.ira.uka.de> <1992Aug19.141707.27605@decuac.dec.com> <1992Aug19.185928.25039@panix.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 04:35:58 GMT
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- tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
-
- >It is worth noting that the DEC-supplied UUCP is about as bad as you'll find
- >anywhere, so if you're planning on using UUCP, you'd be a lot better off if
- >you started out by building either the Taylor or the 4.3BSD UUCP.
-
- I don't like to think I have a reputation for automatically
- sticking up for Digital's software quality; I know anyone who uses
- any of the code I've ported to replace ULTRIX components will not
- accuse me of narrowmindednessin this regard, *BUT*
-
- Don't just replace parts of ULTRIX because someone on the
- net posts saying, "it sucks". It may be deficient, and in fact
- ULTRIX' uucp is pretty antiquated - but I used it for a long
- time and it got the job done. Not only did it get the job done,
- but the support for shared modems worked, it was supported and
- I didn't have to waste my time fixing something that already
- worked.
-
- Don't throw it away until you try it and determine it's
- unusable for your purposes, unless your time is worth very little
- to you. If it works but lacks functionality, *do* make that a
- requirement for future purchases. If you *need* honeydanber or
- newer BSD-style uucp, write all your RFPs stating it as a must
- have requirement and then buy from whoever meets that requirement.
- Only in this way will vendors (including Digital) someday learn.
-
- mjr.
-