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From: abs@nbc1.UUCP (Andrew Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: VMS is not the evil empire
Message-ID: <418@nbc1.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 88 22:27:46 GMT
References: <12067@brl-adm.ARPA> <707@hdr.UUCP> <20469@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Reply-To: abs@nbc1.UUCP (Andrew Siegel)
Organization: NBC Computer Imaging, New York
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In article <20469@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes:
>DEC's pathological resistance to providing hardware service on Vaxes
>running Ultrix or Unix is a good reason not to buy Vaxes, it's no
>reason not to buy Unix which can be had from responsible vendors.

Correction (partial): DEC *does* support VAXes running ULTRIX.
We've had ULTRIX since June '85, and have had hardware support all
along.

They may not know what to *do* with ULTRIX, but at least they'll
service the machines.
-- 
Andrew Siegel, N2CN			NBC Computer Imaging, New York, NY
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