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- From: ian@airs.com (Ian Lance Taylor)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: Re: Connecting Modems to DEC Stations
- Message-ID: <5163@airs.com>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 04:08:19 GMT
- References: <16qftlINNpig@iraul1.ira.uka.de> <1992Aug19.141707.27605@decuac.dec.com> <1992Aug19.185928.25039@panix.com> <1992Aug20.043558.11448@decuac.dec.com>
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- mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
-
- > Don't just replace parts of ULTRIX because someone on the
- >net posts saying, "it sucks".
-
- I completely agree with this.
-
- >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.
-
- But I'd just like to mention that Taylor UUCP also gets the job done,
- also supports shared modems on Ultrix, and is also supported. In
- fact, since I do my development on Ultrix, I believe that my code is
- supported at least as well on Ultrix as any commercial UUCP is
- anywhere. Also, my code both transfers files faster and requires less
- CPU time than the Ultrix UUCP.
-
- I know you weren't saying anything bad about my code; I'm just doing a
- little self-promotion (it's not like anybody gives me any money for
- this; I might as well at least get some fame :-) ).
- --
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