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From: brad@bwilab3.UUCP (Bradley Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Some Q&A's about HP-UX 8.0 and X11R4
Summary: I have a solution
Message-ID: <138@bwilab3.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 90 12:52:15 GMT
References: <1990Dec13.100152@dali.gatech.edu> <1357@prcrs.UUCP>
Organization: Bradley Ward Inc., Atlanta, Ga
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In article <1357@prcrs.UUCP>, paul@prcrs.UUCP (Paul Hite) writes:
> In article <1990Dec17.113709.8929@and.cs.liv.ac.uk>, rkl@and.cs.liv.ac.uk writes:
> 
> This is the second time in a week that someone from the academic world has 
> opined that they should get free upgrades because HP is adding features that 
> other vendors have had for awhile.  
> 
> Do you guys run your own business this way?  For example, when you offered 
> your first C++ course, did you offer all of your former students free C++
> training?  Do you routinely do this for every course, excluding only those
> courses which your university offers before any other?  
> 
> Paul Hite   PRC Realty Systems  McLean,Va   uunet!prcrs!paul    (703) 556-2243
>         You can't tell which way the train went by studying its tracks.

Yes, Paul, I totally agree.  And I will offer a suggestion to these
authors that you have referenced.  They should resign their posts
in the academic world and start their own business.  Their product would
be nice packages of all public domain software plus any other operating
systems or whatever they could get ahold of.  It would be well documented,
supported by a well trained staff of support engineers with 800 number
access, and would have bug fixes provided at least once a quarter.

I for one would definitely be interested in subscribing to this service,
especially since it would be free !  :-)

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