Xref: utzoo comp.bugs.4bsd:1416 comp.sources.d:4113 comp.unix.wizards:18397 Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.sources.d,comp.unix.wizards Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Bugs in the BSD sources ?? Message-ID: <1989Sep30.060807.15103@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1802@cooper.cooper.EDU> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 89 06:08:07 GMT In article <1802@cooper.cooper.EDU> hak@cooper.cooper.EDU (Jeff Hakner ) writes: > Are the BSD sources, archived @uunet, among other places, > the sources to actual, working, tested programs? Uh, this may come as a surprise, but universities generally do not have quality-control departments. Alas. And considering some of the screwups that come out of places that *have* QC departments, like Sun, it should not be surprising that free software is sometimes worth what it costs. (Fortunately, it's *usually* worth more.) -- "Where is D.D. Harriman now, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology when we really *need* him?" | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu