NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/unix/sysv386/12490

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Path: sparky!uunet!psgrain!hippo!ucthpx!aim1!aim1!gram
From: [e-mail] (Graham Wheeler)
Subject: Re: Dell SVR$ (and Dell hardware) total lack of success on Postscript
Message-ID: <gram.712228048@aim1>
Organization: Aztec Information Management
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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 09:07:28 GMT
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[e-mail] (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:

>Dell in particular make it very clear that unless the customer buys a
>complete system integrated by them they do not take responsibility for
>system integration problems. They do not even represent that the Unix
>they sell will work *at all* with any non Dell hardware. All expense of
>system integration rests with the purchaser of their Unix product.

And this is their mistake. Probably because of Eric's FAQ, Dell UNIX has got
a lot of free publicity on the net, and judging by the increase in postings
over the last six months, a large increase in sales. While originally Dell
UNIX may have been a UNIX port available as a `perk' in the Dell hardware
marketing strategy, it is clear that Dell UNIX is rapidly becoming a product
in its own right. Dell could make the most of this success by dropping their
attitude of `if your hardware isn't ours, we're not interested', and instead
marketing Dell UNIX as a competitive product to SCO, ESIX, etc, and providing
better support to those of us who already had the hardware and just wanted the
software.

--
Graham Wheeler                     | "That which is weak conquers the strong,
Software Systems Engineer/Student  | that which is soft conquers the hard."
Aztec Information Management/UCT   |         Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching Ch. 78
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