Re: HPUX tcp/ip utilities

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From: peter (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: HPUX tcp/ip utilities
Date: 18:24 on 03 May 2005

> I have it on good authority that the HP-UX shell utilities are
> deliberately frozen in their archaic state, because management is
> terrified of breaking their customers' dusty decks^H^H^H^H^Hshell
> scripts.

I know.

That's why I originally suggested just porting the whole HPUX userland
over to Tru64, and junking the kernel... then letting me choose which side
I was compatible with.

> HP's obsession with backward compatibility is frightening;

Yeh. It's like Microsoft.

There's stuff above here

Zack Weinberg 18:15 on 03 May 2005
- peter (Peter da Silva) 18:24 on 03 May 2005
  - Zack Weinberg 22:51 on 03 May 2005
    - too deep to show

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