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- From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.231142.4440@sequent.com>
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- Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec21.201419.3568@tc.cornell.edu> <1992Dec22.003225.24074@sequent.com> <1992Dec23.161030.3106@sun44.synercom.hounix.org>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 23:11:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.161030.3106@sun44.synercom.hounix.org> mattair@sun44.synercom.hounix.org (Charles Mattair) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.003225.24074@sequent.com> furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
- >>
- >>While competition is good, don't kid yourself that Novell is going
- >>to be any kinder or gentler than MS about DOS. While DR-DOS has
- >>smoe nice features to it, I do not relish the thought of having to
- >>slap Novell on the back wallet high everytime I want some
- >>information. I just hope we're not trading one bad problem for
- >>something worse.
- >>
- >>JMHO...
- >>
- >
- >I don't know if Novell will be any kinder/gentler than MS but my experience:
- >
- > . First floppy for DR 6.0 goes bad (way out of maintenance).
- > . Call DR customer service (800 number unlike some other DOS manufacturers).
- > . Explain problem to service droid.
- > . Get home next day and find FedEx notice of attempted delivery on front
- > door.
- > . Call FedEx to find out who it's from. Novell...
- >
- >Try this with Microslime.
- >--
-
- I have. Replacing an original floppy is one thing. Try reporting a
- bug in their system and see what you get. I called Microsoft about
- a problem, and had new disks, with a version patch on my door in
- short order. Borland sent me a new rev of their compiler, when I
- found a problem. I called Novell about a Netware issue; they wanted
- $20.00 on my VISA. DR != Novell.
-
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