Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!shelby!portia!forel!karish From: karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: IBM bug notification/update policy Message-ID: <4391@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 10 Aug 89 15:46:28 GMT References: <550@pan.UUCP> <13071@well.UUCP> Sender: USENET News SystemReply-To: karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) Organization: When necessary Lines: 18 In article <13071@well.UUCP> gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart) wrote: [ IBM doesn't send out AIX patches unless asked. ] >If there's anyone at IBM listening, get a copy of <550@pan.UUCP> to >your boss, your boss's boss, etc. !!! It's about time IBM got with >the rest of the UNIX world! Where's this `rest of the UNIX world'? I haven't seen unsolicited patches from either DEC or SCO, except for security fixes for the bugs highlighted by the fiasco last November. Convex seems to be somewhat more cooperative, but I only know of their policies from the point of view of a customer site that's provided them with a lot of help in finding bugs in their OS. Chuck Karish {decwrl,hpda}!mindcrf!karish (415) 493-9000 karish@forel.stanford.edu