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- From: rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain)
- Subject: Re: Why you should get everything in writing (long)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.232007.29488@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1993Jan12.184718.24782@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:20:07 GMT
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- Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- : In article <1993Jan7.220154.446@fcom.cc.utah.edu> brian@jaguar.cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
- : >
- : > 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.
- :
- : But wasn't the problem that the code in question was not IBM's to give out?
- :
- : It was MS code.
- :
- : Or did i miss something........
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- No, that is what was explained to me. I think Brian's point in the second
- sentence was that there was little or no reason to anticipate this in usual
- circumstances.
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- Bob
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