O'pain Software Foundation: (2) Why is it better than AT&T?

[Nathaniel Mishkin]

In article <May.28.09.17.30.1988.25758 at topaz.rutgers.edu> ron at topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
>The Apollo systems I've been forced to use do such a poor imitation
>of UNIX that I have no wonder that you have problems with SVVS.

I'm crushed that you have such a low opinion of our systems, but other
than to say that I think we're doing far better now than we used to,
I'll ignore the comment and press the generic issue:  I think the lesson
to be learned from the Apollo experience with SVVS is that at least in
some ways it's hard to be innovative (or even just to stray from the
AT&T implementation, of which SVVS is supposed to be independent) yet
pass SVVS.  In at least some ways, SVVS as it is currently constituted
thus stifles innovation.  I think stifling innovation is something none
of us want.
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                    -- Nat Mishkin
                       Apollo Computer Inc.
                       Chelmsford, MA
                       {decvax,mit-eddie,umix}!apollo!mishkin