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From: conliffe@caen.engin.umich.edu (Darryl C. Conliffe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Apollo giveth and taketh (mostly taketh)
Summary: The alternative
Message-ID: <4197edd7.b11a@falcon.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 20 Feb 89 22:13:00 GMT
References: <8902202047.AA08597@umix.cc.umich.edu>
Organization: U of M Engineering, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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In article <8902202047.AA08597@umix.cc.umich.edu>, derstad@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM ("DAVE ERSTAD") writes:
> 
> Apollo Marketing/product literature
>   Apollos all run the same software.  Buy site licenses

I have always believed this referred to DN330 to DN4500 models,
knowing the DN10000 was a different animal.
> 
> Apollo Bean Counters:
>   Sorry, your site licenses for PASCAL, CC, and FTN don't include the DN10000.
> Language licenses for that machine are *DIFFERENT* products.  Please cough
> up additional maintenance dollars.
> 
> And up till now I thought Apollo was above this sort of thing.
> 
> Dave Ersatd

Dave, for real.  They *are* new products.  Why would you
expect to get the software for free?  I am satisfied that
the move from 9.7 to 10.0 is a normal upgrade covered by
maintenance.  Perhaps this medium promotes the belief
that all things should be free - but if that were true,
they'd be worth their cost.
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 Darryl C. Conliffe  conliffe@caen.engin.umich.edu  (313) 721-6069
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