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- From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: DEC Support?
- Message-ID: <scs.722189285@wotan.iti.org>
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- References: <DGRAY.92Nov16133448@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Nov16.235148.9336@eco.twg.com> <1992Nov18.054500.2450@csrd.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov19.121523.8216@brt.deakin.edu.au> <DGRAY.92Nov18233610@menudo.uh.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:08:05 GMT
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- dgray@menudo.uh.edu (Dennis Gray Jr.) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov19.121523.8216@brt.deakin.edu.au> dougcc@brt.deakin.edu.au (Douglas Miller) writes:
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- > >DEC "support" will not even talk to you unless you have one of their
- > >outrageously priced service contracts.
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- > More "outrageous prices" --- care to justify these assertions?
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- >Okay, How many manufacturers are getting $10,000 for a 1.3 gig drive?
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- Not at this shop. That's higher by 3x than the retail prices I see
- for DEC drives, and it's not too difficult to get discounts.
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