Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Software support methodology (was Re: Mach from mt Xinu) Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1991Mar16.204946.18947@NCoast.ORG> <8305@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 91 23:11:19 GMT In article <8305@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond) writes: > Before someone knee jerks that this plan would not work because vendors > can't charge the way hospitals can, consider that a) vendors get paid up > front which would be like some special hospotal wellness fee, You mean like an HMO? Our company switched to an HMO a year or so back, and boy am I glad I took the option of paying more for major medical coverage. It was worse than software support, if only because of the seriousness of the situation. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"