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From: nelson@seahunt.imat.com (Michael_Nelson)
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Subject: Re: Unix for PC
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Date: 11 Dec 1994 16:50:05 GMT
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Nate Williams (nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu) wrote:

-> My point is that just because something is claimed to be fixed in a
-> sub-release doesn't mean it *IS* fixed, or that it's a correct fix. 
-> With a commercial release you are at least given some guarantee of
-> nominal usefulness and usability, but with the individual 'bug-fix'
-> releases of Linux there is NO guarantee.  That's why it's called
-> beta-testing. :)

	This is also true with Unixware.  Many folks have had serious
problems just trying to install many of the "fully tested" fixes Novell has
released.  There are "NO guarantee"s with Unixware, either.