Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CONCOUR.CS.CONCORDIA.CA!goldfish From: goldfish@CONCOUR.CS.CONCORDIA.CA Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: PSK Prices?!?! Message-ID: <9106071230.aa21283@concour.cs.concordia.ca> Date: 7 Jun 91 16:30:55 GMT References: <1991Jun6.214559.4887@quintro.uucp> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The Internet Lines: 15 | fixes. The sales guy said that it was some kind of decision from | corporate. Another HP guy I talked to said it was only a media charge | and I shouldn't be complaining about it. Well why do they need $98 a | pop for updates when I have already paid for software maintenance? | It's a little more of a hassel for me to get a purchase requisition | approved. Has anyone else run into this? The reason for the charge is to convince you that you should ditch your Apollo and buy a Sun, DEC, IBM, SGI, or anything but HP workstation, since that is how they like to treat their customers. :-( -- Paul Goldsmith (514) 848-3031 (Shirley Maclaine told me there would be LIFETIMES like this) the future isn't what it used to be; and possibly, never was (ao)