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- From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
- Subject: Re: What's happening to ISC UNIX?
- Message-ID: <ellis.725074364@nova>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
- References: <1992Dec18.145758.13264@pegasus.com> <1992Dec22.033723.22775@fasttech.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:32:44 GMT
- Lines: 54
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- zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:
-
- >>When ISC decided not to deliver on their promises they should have
- >>offered refunds. I remember being surprised that they didn't, even
- >>in light of their poor support on earlier products.
-
- >The rule of caveat emptor applies to ALL software. Buy from someone like
- >Egghead that lets you take it back if you don't like it. The same applies
- >to mail order.
-
- >I'm suprised that people buy software for "futures". There are a lot of lying
- >scum out there selling things they have no intention of delivering. Sometimes,
- >even honest companies can't deliver what they promised.
-
- >You should buy software for what it does for you here and now. Not for any of
- >that "strategic roadmap" diarrhea that comes from the mouths of lying Liberal
- >Arts Marketing Slime. I've had to relearn this lesson so many times. I suspect
-
- I know lots of lying scum sales droids who have technical backgrounds.
- People do not lie because they don't know the facts, they lie because they
- are inferior human beings. I have met my fair share of deficient humans
- with all sorts of backgrounds, but the best techies are the ones with a true
- appreciation for what it means to be human. Only the people who are hooked
- up with the human experience can truly come up with useful art.
-
- >others have, also.
-
- >Now, to make this diatribe at least somewhat relevant to the subject line.
-
- >You should buy ISC Unix 3.2 NOW for what it does for you NOW. Buy svr4 Unixes
- >for what they do for you NOW. If you think you want Solaris, then wait till
- >SunSoft delivers it instead of buying something with the idea of upgrading.
-
- >My sympathies to those who got screwed on Intel/ISC svr4. Don't repeat the same
- >mistake by buying into vaporware again.
-
- Of course the real problem is that people want more than they paid for.
- Witness people who buy a house to get rich on inflation rather than just
- having a nice place to live.
-
- Back to SYSV, there are even parts of the 3rd generation Dell release that
- are not working yet, and even parts of the Solaris 2 distribution. I
- support what you say about buying sofware for what it can do for you now,
- but part of now is preparing for the future. In some ways my Intel
- SYSVR4.0.3 is a better product for me now than a more stable but less
- featureful version. In some ways I spend a lot of time spinning my wheels,
- but that is true with obscure parts of all UNIXes.
-
-
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