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From: rduc@uport.UUCP (Richard Ducoty)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Does Microport offer Updates to its users?
Message-ID: <339@uport.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 90 14:22:38 GMT
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Organization: Microport Systems, Scotts Valley, CA
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>Well, sorta.  Microport is offering the straight poop developers systems
>with *no* enhancements from AT&T.  It's just like some other Intel Unix
>vendors 4.0's right now.  The package release is designed to give 4.0 Unix
>to those that absolutely, positively hafta have it now.  Joe User, like
>myself, would not be pleased with this bare bones release.
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I think Microport is the only company that will ship to a 'new' customer
now.  Some just sell to established beta sites. I think many unix users
would like v4 as it stands now, plus you get the final cut for free when
it's released.


>> But what Microport *hasn't* done is to contact owners of 3.0e and offer
>> an inexpensive upgrade to 4.0 (or even to 3.2!).  Basically, they've
>> just ignored us. 
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You're not being ignored by any means.  We think about you every day.  
There might be an upgrade path to 4 in the coming months, but we can't
make any promises right now.
 

>As I said, there will be no 3.2 from Microport.  Now they are projecting
>the normal 4.0 full featured release sometime in the late fall.  I already
>placed my order today.  (its about time :-)
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Where did you hear that there will be no 3.2 from Microport??  You're going
to like v4 

Richard Ducoty
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