Rename bug?

der Mouse mouse at mcgill-vision.UUCP
Thu Jun 2 20:04:21 AEST 1988


In article <2144 at rpp386.UUCP>, jfh at rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) writes:
> i don't know about you, but i keep getting that fortune cookie which
> defines a university as a place to get software where if it doesn't
> work the first time, there is always someone willing to fix it.

...and a vendor is a place to get software where if it doesn't work,
you get to pay large amounts of money to get the next major release,
where the bug might be fixed if enough customers have complained.

> now, do you trust an operating system written at a university?  oh
> god, i make myself laugh some times ...

No, but I trust one written by a company out to make money even less.

					der Mouse

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