Compatibility lists

[John Macdonald]

In article <1990Nov12.070444.8046 at ico.isc.com> rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
|Two cautions on these "compatibility lists":
|	- They get out of date in a big hurry.
|	- A software vendor's list includes what has been checked out in
|	  one way or another; thus while presence of some hardware on a
|	  list is a good sign, absence is not necessarily a bad sign.

In addition, you have to worry about the number of on-board switches,
installation options, and kernel options that are available.  Just
because one person succeeds or fails to amke a combination of
hardware and software work does not mean that someone else (or even
the same person working from a different starting point) will be
able to duplicate that success or failure.  Aren't open systems
with minimal standards fun?
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Cure the common code...                      | John Macdonald
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