From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Aug 24 18: 3:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 792AD37B424 for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13S7uH-000IwW-00; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 02:03:41 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA59627; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 02:03:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 02:03:41 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Terry Lambert Cc: The Clark Family , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! Message-ID: <20000825020341.A59386@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <200008250035.RAA27771@usr01.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200008250035.RAA27771@usr01.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:35:14AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message