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From: preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
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Subject: Re: IBM Workstations (really, IBM Marketing)
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Date: 19 Oct 89 19:59:46 GMT
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In article <1260@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <1989Oct19.023316.7433@ico.isc.com>, rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:

>}architecture, price and performance information.  I definitely have
>}enough information to make a wait/buy decision.  (No comment on the
>}decision; I'm under non-disclosure :)

>It's a pain to try and find a middle ground between surprise
>anouncements and vaporware. I wouldn't base any decision on what I read
>in those papers, other than to look into the product myself.

If ibm thinks you're a valuable potential customer,
they'll probably show you the machine and give you all the info
you want -- all subject to non-disclosure.  Seems like a good idea to
me.  Avoids suprise announcements and vaporware.

Preston Briggs