[HECnet] PyDECnet setup

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Nov 18 09:29:09 PST 2021


On 11/18/21 12:25 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote:
>>   Well, since the last release of SunOS (not Solaris) was in 1994, and 
>> the last release of Ultrix was in 1995..
> 
> It's still SunOS. Solaris is a different thing. Thanks marketing twats!

   You know *exactly* what I mean. ;)

>>> I think you can get burnt whether it's a bunch of academics eternally 
>>> discussing purity in committees or a couple of kids just picking 
>>> something.
>>
>>   Very true.  The only way to truly protect yourself is to have the 
>> source code and revert any poor decisions that they make.  Oh, wait, 
>> we can do that!
> 
> So I've fallen into watching old Bryan Cantrill interviews. His rants on 
> this are FANTASTIC.

   Yes they are.  That man is a force of nature.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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