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- From: engboksh@nuscc.nus.sg (BOK SHUNG HWEE (MR))
- Subject: Re: Why no response from BSI or Intergraph
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.030303.10008@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- References: <1993Jan11.101546.7140@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:03:03 GMT
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- sean@cae.wisc.edu (Sean Rutledge) writes:
- : > I believe the reason we do not offer an ftp site for Intergraph
- : >customers are:
- : >
- : > 1) Tiny minority of customers have Internet access. I know this,
- : > I maintain the alt.sys.intergraph mailing list, I doubt if
- : > there are more than 20 customers worldwide that subscribe to
- : > this mailing list.
- : >
- : > 2) Past experience has shown that allowing incoming connections
- :
- : >> I suspect that there are far more than 20 customers following this
- newsgroup.
- : >> One reason for the lack of activity is the lack of feedback from
- Intergraph on
- : >> the newsgroup. Look at any of the SGI newsgroups for a good give and
- take : feedback system.
- :
- : >> Internet represents a great resource for spreading software routines
- around.
- : >> You will never know what kind of response you will get unless you try.
- There : are a number of very responsive vendors out there!
- :
- :
- :>> sean rutledge "The computer can be a dipper with which to ladle
- :>> sean@cae.wisc.edu out words of truth from a vast ocean of great
- : mysteries...." Ikuro Choh, Digital Meditation
- I would second that. It is somehow quite lacking to not even try on the
- part of Intergraph.
-
- Bok
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- National University of Singapore
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