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From: haitex@pnet01.cts.com (Wade Bickel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Modula II
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Date: 3 Mar 88 11:57:04 GMT
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cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
>>  Distribution problems are over; this compiler is going to take off. Watch.
>
>Did you get it from Leon Frenkel's Avant Garde company or Oxxi ? I got it
>from Oxxi and was dismayed at the various messages here from Leon that 
>seemed to indicate some sort of proxy fight between him and Oxxi. What
>I would like to know is, just who the heck is supporting this product, and
>if it is Leon, do the suckers who bought it from Oxxi have to buy it
>*again* from him to get support, can we send him our 6 disk originals?
>Calling Oxxi gives the traditional, "We are supporting Benchmark Modula II,
>and the release manuals should be available any day now." I have been 
>steering people clear of this product until there is a definitive answer
>to these support questions. Any illumination appreciated.
 courts.  Since Leon has never received anything from OXXI and
rd.  It seems both will continue to sell it unless something
Johnfrom publishing.
soon.  Leon released and shipped 500 release units last week through his
ng for the OXXI
happens in the courts.  Since Leon has never received anything from OXXI and
apparently never completed any contract with OXXI, I assume Leon cannot be
stopped from publishing.  I don't know if he can (or will) try to stop OXXI
from publishing.

        In any case consider this, OXXI has sold hundreds of copies of the
Benchmark beta.  This product has been virtually unsupported.  None-the-less
OXXI is not swamped with customer complaints and questions.  Why?  Because the
beta copy is bug free.

        As far as support for OXXI Benchmark owners, I was thinking of talking
to Leon about some kind of reduced price offer for OXXI Benchmark owners, in
exchange for the originals.   Leon never received anything for the OXXI
copies, and it would run him several thousand dollars just to produce the
replacement units, so you can't expect a free update.

        Why do you limit your M2 work to "structured" stuff?


                                                        Thanks,


                                                                Wade.

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