Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:12042 comp.unix.i386:5875 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pallas!kabra437 From: kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Monochrome VGA not supported by SCO Summary: Another ex-SCO supporter. Message-ID: <352@pallas.athenanet.com> Date: 14 Jun 90 01:48:33 GMT References: Reply-To: kabra437@pallas.UUCP (Ken Abrams) Distribution: comp Organization: Athenanet, Inc., Springfield, Illinois Lines: 38 In article ron@mlfarm.uucp (Ronald Florence) writes: >This is a sad tale of broken promises and false assurances. > [sad tale deleted] > >I have been a loyal SCO customer for many years. If broken promises >are the reward for that loyalty, I will think long and hard about >where to look for the next version of Unix. This is no way to treat >a friend! >-- Incase you missed it, about a month ago, SCO left a post on here briefly describing their intentions for XENIX support (ie None after about 1/1/91). They said "Tell us what you think; we are listening". I told them both in a post and mail. Several others did too. I have missed a few days of news along the way but so far, I see no evidence of any response from them either public or private. Based on your story, it appears that they have dropped support much sooner than anticipated. Since you have written commitments, I would be tempted to drop them a short note telling them that the next letter they get will be from a lawyer. I didn't think too long at all about where to get my next UNIX system. I don't know where it will be but I am positive that it WON'T be SCO. I will not do business with a company that leaves it's customers with "orphans". Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. This is what happens when a company built by technology is taken over by marketing types with a firm eye (only) on the bottom line. They will undoubtedly milk the customer base 'til it is dry (alienate a good portion of them) and then move on to another virgin company. -- ======================================================== Ken Abrams uunet!pallas!kabra437 Illinois Bell kabra437@athenanet.com Springfield (voice) 217-753-7965