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From: chabot@miles.DEC (Bits is Bits)
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Subject: Re: Did I blow it?  (Tektronix take note)
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 13:03:34 EST
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Has anybody else had any such response from posting opinions of anybody else's
products?  

Sometimes people get uptight when you appear to be criticizing their baby, but
Jonathan Corbet seemed to merely be pointing out that the plotters did not meet
his requirements: although the reliability issue might be one to take up
directly with Tektronix, the speed issue is independent of vendor.  Perhaps the
information that he'd posted something was what had travelled down the chain to
the sales rep, not the actual message?

Neither of these issues is one I would want to bring up with a vendor-specific
sales rep.  They can tell me if they carry another, faster product, but they
certainly can't speak for the competition, and at best they can refer me to
a service department about reliability concerns.

If postings like this are going to get squashed, what about unfavorable reviews
of books and movies, here and in magazines?  If critiques are disallowed, well,
then I guess none of us ever need worry about debugging anything again?

Hooooray!  :-(

L S Chabot
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