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From: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Interesting ISC Support Policy
Message-ID: <1610@ssbn.WLK.COM>
Date: 10 Jul 90 04:36:51 GMT
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In article <1990Jul10.012711.4314@pegasus.com> news@pegasus.com (Usenet News) writes:
[ ... support groans ... ]

>I too, am beginning to think it might be better to switch than fight.
>
>Does anyone have some experiences they can share on switching from ISC
>to ESIX?

Which brings up an interesting point for Everex.  When Microport went face
down SCO (Interactive also, I think) said that they would "upgrade" you for
a fee.  You sent your money and your boot disk, poof!  A current OS with an
existing vendor.  My treacherous mind wonders what response Everex would get
if they did a "give me your tired and poor" number on Interactive, Intel, or
any other vendor who we're mad at at the moment...

Wait a minute!  The AT&T license fee has been paid, we gotta send in original
boot/install diskettes, Everex could legally upgrade us just like SCO and ISC
did when Microport hit the wall.  I'm interested, is Everex interested?
-- 
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