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From: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: software distribution medium, font display
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Date: 14 Oct 88 23:16:44 GMT
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In article <3019@haven.umd.edu> I write:

>>I don't miss having a floppy drive because I do all of the software
>>installation over the ethernet from a server with large, friendly disks
>>and tape drives.

In article <10369@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
>Duh...because people want to take one home, and they don't have large friendly
>disks and tape drives and file servers lying about???

This thought was not lost on me.  But you have to consider what market this
configuration of the product is targeted for.  It is specifically aimed the
the University environment, and in that situtation you certainly do have
ethernets and servers with large disks.  I makes sense to use shared global
resources to support the machine.

I'm sure that when a version is available for us common folk to take home, a
different configuration of the product is in order. 

How much stronger can the marketplace be defined when you only sell to one
group of potential customers?


Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming