Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!uunet!wri!dragonfly.wri.com!ben From: ben@wri.com (Ben Cox) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: CNEWS MUST DIE! Message-ID: Date: 21 May 91 21:28:08 GMT References: <1991May18.041319.29490@zoo.toronto.edu> <1991May21.180108.22477@rice.edu> Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc. Lines: 21 In emv@msen.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes: >I'm sure that if Wolfram Research, Inc. (makers of Mathematica by the >way) were to engage in a support contract with some reasonable company >providing support for C News, they would get answers which would be to >their liking. The cost for it would be right up there with (say) a >support contract for Mathematica, $xxx or $xxxx/year, but it would get >you polite, reasoned answers. Perhaps not from the authors of the >software, of course, but from some competent and knowlegable people. >The C News folks might even be able to put out nice full-color glossy >books to go along with it... I'm sure that was an attempt at a "cheap shot", but as a matter of fact, you demonstrate my point. Since we _do_ sell our software, we _do_ provide support for it -- and you _do_ get polite, reasoned answers. You should know better than to take my opinions as those of my employer. -- Ben Cox ben@wri.com