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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The Upgrade Process
Keywords: Problem WAITING for P-H
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Date: 25 Mar 90 14:19:23 GMT
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In article <12576281204007@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> SHARKEY@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Scott A. Sharkey) writes:
>Well, I must make one comment about those who choose to wait for Prentice
>Hall.  Their "1.3 Upgrade Kit" was WORSE than any of the kits I got off
>the net.  No instructions on how to go about installing the upgrade, and
I guess I agree.  1.5 will come with 200+ pages of documentation including
very detailed installation instructions closely keyed to the diskettes.

>There is no real excuse for
>the long ( >6 months) delay between when Andy posts to the net and P-H (maybe)
>decides to offer a new version.  
It takes months to arrange the manufacturing.  On the net, we only deal with
the intellectual content.  P-H has to find companies that can make plastic
boxes to measure.  I could solve the "delay" problem by not posting
anything until the week before P-H has the boxes in stock.  Software
companies also have long delays between test versions and the final product.
The difference here is that I am prepared to air all my dirty laundry in
public.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)