Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site burl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!rcj From: rcj@burl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: osh Message-ID: <177@burl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 10:38:31 EDT Article-I.D.: burl.177 Posted: Wed Jun 15 10:38:31 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 16:10:24 EDT References: <2062@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Western Electric, Burlington, NC Lines: 12 When I get a piece of software, or want to send one out to another site running Unix, I don't ask them if they are running oUnix or Unix or nUnix -- I just ask them if they are running USG or BSD and whether they are running 4.0, 5.0, 2.8 or whatever. Why not do the same for changed software elsewhere: have the newest version of nroff called simply "nroff", and call the old version(s) by some numbering scheme. nroff1, nroff2.4, etc. should be used very infrequently anyway, since everyone should be converting over to the new nroff. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj