[desktop-discuss] Vermillion b57 - careful!

[Alan Coopersmith]

Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> Dennis Clarke wrote:
>>> I'm suddenly reminded of why I like to put /usr/xpg4/bin first in my PATH
>>> because everything has been tested.  Correctly.  Open source can be
>>> a mine field with bugs and sometimes a swarm of killer bees.
>> XPG4 just tests for standard compliance - it's no protection against bugs,
>> and programs in /usr/xpg4/bin are just as likely to have bugs as any other
>> (i.e. odds are near 100% that every program big enough to be useful has
>>   some bug).
> 
> you just made me ten bucks Alan.  I made a bet with a friend that if I say
> anything at all ( post a reply ) that within minutes I'd get some argument
> back from either you or Glynn.
> 
> cool... you're so predictable.

Glad to be of service.   You could probably place similar bets on statements
like "All software in OpenSolaris is CDDL - there is no GPL" or "OpenSolaris
is just ON."

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