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- From: Irving_Wolfe@happym.wa.com
- Newsgroups: alt.sources,comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: rn won't compile on my SCO UNIX
- Message-ID: <2681@happym.wa.com>
- Date: 8 Mar 91 04:07:27 GMT
-
- Oh, come on! Almost everyone knows that LOTS of good things, well-written in
- proper C, won't compile under SCO's UNIX-flavored operating system.
-
- When we upgraded to 3.2.2 from 3.2.0 because the latter just plain didn't
- work, I unfortunately lacked the presence of mind to demand a simultaneous
- upgrade for the development system that doesn't work. Because of that, I have
- no idea whether the "fixed" version of the development system actually works
- or not. Given SCO's standards for quality before release, and given its
- standards for how to treat the customer -- "Hey, he was stupid enough to buy
- our sh.t, tough luck to the idiot!" -- I'd be very surprised if it worked.
-
- Almost everyone knows, also, that part of the problem is Microsoft's C
- compiler, but since SCO has been a source code licensee all along, that's no
- excuse.
-
- I still wish SCO had upgraded us to a new development system that works, but,
- hey, what should I expect? From day one they were lies and dirt. It's all my
- fault. If I were a vicious fighter, I'd have gotten them to give me the new
- one free, and the one after that if it still wouldn't compile standard C. If
- they actively attacked me, they'd be a pile of smelly waste. But they didn't,
- they just SUB-criminally robbed me, just as they take advantage of the rest of
- the public, so all I can do is tell the truth about them as I see it, and hope
- that many of you are smart enough to buy from Interactive or ESIX or even
- Microport, instead.
-
- I've been programming computers for 33 years -- I started on the vacuum tube
- IBM 650 -- and I've never seen a company with a more irresponsible attitude
- towards its customers than SCO. It's just my opinion, but this one deserves
- to die!
-