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Date:      Fri, 25 Aug 2000 02:03:41 +0100
From:      j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday!
Message-ID:  <20000825020341.A59386@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <200008250035.RAA27771@usr01.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:35:14AM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008221251010.4505-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> <200008250035.RAA27771@usr01.primenet.com>

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On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:35:14AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
| > Not all UNIX is open source or GPL. I would expect to find that
| > fancier debugging tools are available, in commercial toolsets on UNIX.
| BattleMap cost us $50,000 per workstation back in the early 90's.
| 
| I have also seen a commercial network management and configuration
| design tool.  That tool cost $250,000 for a 1 year license for one
| machine.  You paid for the graph theory and the patents on the code.
| 
| So yes, such tools exist.

1. What software companies have the resources for such a tool?
2. What kind of progs do they write?  Oil and gas?
3. Why doesn't M$ use such a tool to improve code quality?  They of all
people have the funds.


jcm
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