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From: matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)
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Subject: Re: Those Damn Keyboards
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Date: 9 Feb 91 15:25:02 GMT
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In article <1991Feb8.050647.19715@menudo.uh.edu> davison@menudo.uh.edu (Dan Davison) writes:
>This "explanation" has the same qualities of truth and honesty as
>NeXT's "explanation" of taking your money on October 5 and never
>officially talking to you again.

This post seems like it's another blind flame.

>And, if you use the puked-up excuse for a network database called
>NetInfo you will spend a lot of time playing with that far-off "|"
>key to fix things NetInfoMangler throughly damages.

Let's try to keep things rational, eh?  NetInfo has YET to mess up MY
machine, and YOU are the only one who has complained, so I would conclude
that YOU screwed up somehow.

Unix boxes aren't toys.  You mess up, they mess up.

>I am *not* pleased with the new machines in any way, shape, or form
>and (at least now) wish I had never seen one.  And I bought one for
>home!  (At least NetNonInfo can't screw up...too much...on a single
>non-networked machine.  Maybe.)

That is certainly your opinion and you are definitely entitled to it, however
you would be best off selling your NeXTstation rather than flaming the net.

I am not too pleased with NeXT's performance in shipping my machine.  I am
not too pleased with the local computer store where I bought it from.  I also
understand that NeXT is a relatively small operation so patience is due.  And
the world doesn't owe me everything so I don't expect everything in wrapping
paper.

>dan
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Mike Matthews, matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (NeXT)/matthews@umdd (bitnet)
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