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- From: mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney)
- Subject: Re: DEC puts first marketroid on the moon
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- Keywords: DEC INFOSHARE Alpha lunacy
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:53:12 GMT
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- In article <9301062018.AA12524@TIS.COM> mjr@TIS.COM writes:
- >>dec just sent mail out on their dec-managers mail alias asking if in
- >>the next osf/1 release for alpha, should the most recent osf/motif 1.2
- >>release be included.
- >>
- >>is this a no brain'r or what?
- >
- > It's a total no brainer, and I'd guess it probably is a reflection
- >of some internal struggle within Digital that they're asking. Someone,
- >somewhere, probably wanted to cut costs/resources by not bothering with
- >the most recent version of motif, so the usual waffling and struggle will
- >occur.
-
- I can't imagine how it would save money. Sounds like pure silliness to me.
-
- > For example - whatever happened to Gail Grant's "poll" about making
- >patches available on the internet? Gail asked for the net's opinion (and it
- >was overwhelming) but didn't promise anything'd come of it. That sounds
- >like a "give me ammunition" request if I ever heard one. It's vaguely
- >pathetic to see a vendor so out of touch with their target market that
- >they even need to ask these kinds of things.
-
- I thought that was pretty silly that Gail even had to do that. If they'd just
- look and notice that other vendors are doing it, they should be able to catch
- on. I doubt Gail will ever gain any kind of management position in the
- company. He's too clear in his thinking, knows the obvious, and realizes
- that there are many things that we don't need a committee to decide.
-
- Another good example is the Bookreader on character cell terminals. DEC has
- just announced that they have this in the works. However, when someone made
- a similar program a year or so ago, they threatened lawsuits, etc. Now, I
- understand (to a degree) that if you have a proprietary format, and someone
- did reverse engineering, etc., that you might get agitated. But, why didn't
- someone think to pay that person for their source, make the right mods, then
- release it. DEC could've saved money, and face. But, the people running the
- show can't think that way. If they did, they wouldn't have their positions...
-
- Darrin
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