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- From: pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky)
- Subject: MS Shafts 'em Again (was Re: Why you should get everything in writi
- Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:43:15 GMT
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- jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin) writes:
-
- > In article <1993Jan7.220154.446@fcom.cc.utah.edu> brian@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (B
- > >In article <1ii7alINNon4@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu> spexet@math.lsa.umi
- > >>In article <1993Jan7.192103.16828@netcom.com> rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain
- > >>>I joined the Developers Assistance Program and through that arm
- > >>>obtained a verbal assurance that there would be "no problem" obtaining
- > >>>said source code since there was nothing proprietary. Based on this
- > >>>assurance and the license I had negotiated for using the interpreter I
- > >>>quit my day job to live off my savings and develop this product which I
- > >>>was going to call SimpleScript.
- > >>
- > >>Not to question your judgement in this case, but do you think that it was
- > >>really a wise move to do what you did on the basis of a verbal promise,
- > >>with nothing backing it up in writing?
- > >
- > >
- > >I think you misunderstand Bob's problem. All he wanted was a sample printer
- > >driver. IBM should have had this available well before OS/2 2.0 GA shipped.
- > >The point is that they didn't, and they still don't.
- > >I would agree with you comment if Bob had wanted something unusual from
- > >IBM, but this is standard stuff.
- >
- > Well, let's go back a little here. He wouldn't have had a problem if MS
- > hadn't bailed out of OS/2. Don't be so quick to jump further on the IBM
- > bash band wagon that you drive. In essence, all three are at fault.
- > IBM *should* have remedied this by now, but I suspect MS is stonewalling
- > and IBM is scurrying to try and get this stuff out...
-
- Oh, this is priceless, it used to be that Microsoft was just plain
- evil (Bad-Bad-Bad) and they screwed their customers at every
- opportunity. Now, they screw customers by proxy somehow through IBM.
- God forbid those fabulous folks in Armonk act like lunkheads, no way,
- not them.
-
- I can see the taglines now: "Microsoft: The Moriarty of PC Software".
- Welcome to comp.os.os2.advocacy, or as we around here like to call it
- "cabal-land".
-
- p
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