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From: rap@dana.UUCP (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Is the new MANX compiler/debugger out yet?
Summary: This happened to me once also, so I sympathize
Keywords: vapor?
Message-ID: <295@dana.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 88 18:03:58 GMT
References: <2359@tekig4.TEK.COM> <165@brambo.UUCP>
Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <165@brambo.UUCP>, morgan@brambo.UUCP (Morgan W. Jones) writes:
> In article <2359@tekig4.TEK.COM> billh@tekig4.TEK.COM (William Hansen) writes:
> >Has anyone seen this or heard when it will be out?
> 
> I called Manx this morning, prepared to order.  I was told that they
> would be shipping 3.6 in about two weeks.  You'd think that they could
> bloody well have the thing ready now that they've been advertising the
> stupid thing for three months now.

Flames down, folks, this company seems to be quite responsive and has
what I think is a good product.  This kinda thing can happen to the
best of them.


I spoke to Jim Goodnow from Manx at the LA Amy Expo and he explained
that "knowing the usual delay from submitting the AD copy to the time
it gets published, we allowed the 'usual' time we figured we'd need
to adequately test the product, print the manual, ship the disk and
so on, then submitted the copy.  To our surprise, the copy appeared
considerably in advance of usual and customary time - we were nearly
as surprized as you to see it in the magazines".   Paraphrased response
perhaps, but I think I got the gist of it.

I can sympathize with that, something similar happened once to me.  Anyway,
it looks like the product is indeed real, I saw it demo'ed and I am
waiting in line for my copy also.  I was impressed.

DISCLAIMER: I have no connection with MANX, and am simply another
anxious but satisfied customer.

Rob Peck				...ihnp4!hplabs!dana!rap