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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCO's ODT does not work on any 80486?
Keywords: Buyer beware of SCO!
Message-ID: <1990Sep18.070431.3008@pegasus.com>
Date: 18 Sep 90 07:04:31 GMT
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>"Sold" sounds about right.  In my book, the rest of this posting is a
>lesson to all sellers who move boxes and don't bother to check out what
>their customers want to do/intend to do with their equipment.
>
>Note, I'm not trying to absolve SCO - they do indeed advertise that
>ODT "works on" i486 boxes.  To SCO's credit, however, they do indeed
>check out and publish a list of "supported" systems.  Your company having
>sold a box to a customer which didn't appear on the list is your problem,
>not SCO's.

Chill out.

I think you're assuming way too much.  Is the seller required to quiz
his customers?

I'm sure it's not uncommon for a buyer to approach the vendor with a
list of features.  It doesn't seem unreasonable for the vendor to
assume that the buyer knows what he wants if he's acting like it.

-- 
Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com