Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!upba!qetzal!rcw From: rcw@qetzal.UUCP (sysop) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: SCO Xenix support Message-ID: <191@qetzal.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 19:46:17 EDT Article-I.D.: qetzal.191 Posted: Tue Aug 25 19:46:17 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Aug-87 05:54:45 EDT References: <6974@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> <56@splut.UUCP> <133@turnkey.UUCP> <520@clsib21.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Graphics Information, Inc., Denver, CO. Lines: 52 Keywords: support Summary: The man has the right attitude > The question must be asked: "How much is a bugless piece of software worth > to you, and what are you willing to give up to get one?" Running SV/AT on More, if money will solve the problem. My business will depend upon this software working. > an AT clone is MUCH better than running PCDOS on it Yes, I agree. Otherwise I would not be waging this crusade. > please...), and the cost of SV/AT was quite reasonable (check out the ads > for Programmer's Connection...). Yes, I agree that it is a good deal. I'm thorougly impressed with the product, even the text preparation system that a lot of people flame. You can't come close to the utility of that package for the same price in Dos. > So, the issue is definitely NOT bugs. But it most definitely is! For all the love I have for Microport, I can't recommend it to a customer. How would YOU like to write a software package then deliver it on a system that "Double panics" all the time? Dos is flaky, but not THAT flaky, and SCO is also considerably more reliable. I don't mind the awk bugs, but I most definitely whine bitch and otherwise cry about terminal kernel cancer. > Support? (Lots of stuff about how great uport support is deleted) Yes. I don't know how they can even break even offering support at $149 per annum. > Cost of support? Ok, fella... cost out a DECService contract sometime... Don't remind me. I just wrote out an $8,000 check... > By the way, I also have DOSMerge. That's the Locus Computing kernel mod > which lets uport users run PCDOS under UNIX. One of the truly marvelous > products around. Imagine typing "% dos" and seeing "C>"! I wasn't > aware that XENIX had that yet... Funny. I have heard from lots and lots of folks that this product left lots to be desired... > > Let's stop picking on Microport. The 68000 had a slower start than the > 8086, but look where it went... > > Burt Janz Burt - we're not. We just want to have forty one bugs fixed. Is that too much to ask? Actually, I'd be happy if the frickin thing just didn't crash constantly. BTW - Please send me info on what the bug in the lp driver was all about.