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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Warning to ESIX buyers.
Keywords: Software development (option)
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.230456.17516@pegasus.com>
Date: 17 Nov 90 23:04:56 GMT
References: <473@datran2.uunet> <2267@jwt.UUCP>
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
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In article <2267@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
>In article <473@datran2.uunet> smb@datran2.uunet (Steven M. Boker) writes:
>>An ESIX 2 user base system can be purchased either with or without
>>the four diskettes that comprise the CSDS.  THERE IS NO OPTION THAT
>>CAN BE PURCHASED.
>
>>This is really deceptive practices.
>
>I don't think so.  I've never seen anything in any ESIX literature or
>anything from anyone who sells ESIX that stated or implied there was
>an upgrade path from a non-development system to a development
>system.  Similarly lacking is an upgrade path from 2 user to
>unlimited user.  When I looked into buying ESIX, I never saw anything
>called the "software development system package" or "unlimited user
>upgrade."  Just because Interactive or others sell such packages is
>no reason to assume ESIX does so as well.

Boy!  What a vendors delight this guy is.  Someone please revoke his
"Fight Back" T-shirt immediately.

What's wrong with assuming that vendors will act reasonably, and
complaining when they don't?


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Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com