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From: kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Upgrading Aztec C
Message-ID: <5dB602cH715D01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 6 Dec 89 01:56:11 GMT
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Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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In article <2339@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, hammock@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Randy Hammock) writes:
From postnews Tue Dec  5 17:50:16 1989
> Not to start an argument, other companies have at least notified me of
> updates to the software just from sending in my registration card (that's
> what they are for).  Is it really my job to try and figure out what it is I
> have to do to get an upgrade when I'm promised that they are free?  Is it my
> job to call them every month to find out if a new version is ready so that I
> can exercise my free upgrade option?  By the way, I don't think the update
> service is free (could be wrong, it won't be the first time).  It just seems
> they could send a card letting me know a new version is out.  I didn't even
> know a new one was ready, just heard rumors.

Guess it all just depends on the phase of the moon, or some such ...  My own
experience includes one update that was FedEx'd (woke me up on a Saturday, but
that's OK ... and no, I didn't ask for this).  The other came either USPS or
UPS ... I can't recall.   I have no gripes.

/kim


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