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- From: mccauley@ecn.purdue.edu (Darrell McCauley)
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2 vs Windows NT: Sun is losing the desktop on price
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.205159.25558@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Ag Engineering Dept, Purdue University
- References: <bkK8#I`w@twinsun.com> <1993Jan22.215430.25053@sj.ate.slb.com> <1993Jan23.202207.11113@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:51:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.202207.11113@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, bogstad@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan22.215430.25053@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
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- |> >There are also questions about how the RTU is applied. The understanding I
- |> >have is that the RTU is granted to the original purchaser of the machine,
- |> >and is NOT transferrable if you sell the machine.
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- |> Can somebody confirm this please? It would affect my perceived
- |> resale value of older Sun equipment. I remember a few years back when DEC
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- I asked my local Sun sales rep about this (after buying a lemon from
- a reseller), and he indicated the RTU was supposed to be transferred
- to me by the reseller.
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- I also asked someone at 800.usa.4sun and they indicated about the same
- thing. She said that someone (?) could track down WHO had the RTU given
- the hostid, but she didn't know exactly who to refer me to (other that my
- local sales rep).
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- James Darrell McCauley Dept of Ag Engineering, Purdue Univ
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