Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:3982 unix-pc.general:1240 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!genesis!andys From: andys@genesis.ATT.COM (a.b.sherman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: gdb on 3b1 up and running Summary: Report bugs to the hotline Message-ID: <472@genesis.ATT.COM> Date: 14 Aug 88 03:44:28 GMT References: <833@naucse.UUCP> <5821@bigtex.uucp> <5171@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <5918@bigtex.uucp> Reply-To: andys@genesis.ATT.COM (59228-a.b.sherman) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, West Long Branch, N.J. Lines: 32 In article <5918@bigtex.uucp> james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) writes: > >And finally, you generally get better support from the GNU people *iff* >you can send in reasonable bug reports. I've never even seriously >considered tracking down who in AT&T to report PCC bugs to. Compiler bugs (and other bugs in the UNIX(R) Operating System) may be reported to a hotline number. (I'm at home and don't have the number handy). Note that you are only entitled to hotline support if you are not the registered owner of an appropriate software license. Like Stallman, we support our software. From the traffic I've seen on the net, folks who have actually *bothered* to call for support (rather than just complain about how bad it is) have received fairly prompt attention. Unlike Stallman, we do not believe that it is evil to charge money for the fruits of our R&D. The money that pays my salary comes from stockholders. They have a right to expect that the company will recover their investment in product development by *selling* products at a *profit*. (Oh horrors, profit. What next, vivisection?) AT&T R&D used to be given away for free, (as in the transistor, the laser, etc.) but divestiture changed all that. -- (By the way, UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T. Telling you that keeps the lawyers happy :-) ) -- andy sherman / at&t bell laboratories (medical diagnostic systems) room 2e-108 / 185 monmouth pkwy / west long branch, nj 07764-1394 (201) 870-7018 / andys@shlepper.ATT.COM ...The views and opinions are my own. Who else would want them?