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- Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!gatech!cc.gatech.edu!ee.gatech.edu!lockhart
- From: lockhart@eecom.gatech.edu (John B. Lockhart)
- Subject: CDROM Delay Update
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.005550.824@ee.gatech.edu>
- Summary: Late is better than--wait a minute.
- Keywords: next, bogus, cdrom, years, delays
- Sender: news@ee.gatech.edu
- Organization: Computer Engineering Group, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:55:50 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- I ordered my CDROM drive around the 6th of June, and received the cable that
- goes with it three weeks ago, as I previously posted to this group.
-
- After checking with our bookstore, I was told that I'd not receive the CDROM
- until sometime in September.
-
- This caused me to ask myself a question: Why do I own a NeXT? I've taken
- a good look at PeeCee systems, and find that I could have a pretty nice, faster
- setup for less money than what I could sell my 'station for. Unfortunately
- for me, I'm pretty attached to UNIX. But not so attached that I'm willing
- to wait three months for a CDROM drive to come in.
-
- Does NeXT even realize that getting its 3.0 release out on time means
- absolutely nothing to those people who don't have the CDROM drives they
- ordered to read the release with? Am I going to get the release *before*
- the drive? *Should* I sell my NeXT in favor of a market where I can go
- buy off-the-shelf things down the street for cheaper than mail-order NeXT
- equipment??
-
-
- Annoyed,
-
- --John
-
- PS: If someone has an email address at NeXT to which I can pipe my sob
- story to let them try and convince me that I'll continue using the
- computer for the 90's *in* the 90's, let me know.
-
- --
- :: No, his mind is not for rent--to any god or government: always ::
- :: hopeful, yet discontent, he knows changes aren't permanent--but change ::
- :: is. ::
- :: --Rush ::
- :::::::: John B. Lockhart :::::::::::::: lockhart@eecom.gatech.edu ::::::::
-