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- Message-ID: <NOTABENE%92082921392403@TAUNIVM>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 10:49:50 EST
- Sender: Nota Bene List <NOTABENE@TAUNIVM>
- From: "Gerald W. Schlabach" <GSCHLABA@IRISHVMA>
- Subject: RE: alleged arrivals
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.notabene
- In-Reply-To: Message of Sat, 29 Aug 92 11:29:00 EDT from <ITF@PSUVM>
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- On Sat, 29 Aug 92 11:29:00 EDT <ITF@PSUVM> said:
- >Can _anybody_ on this list _ever_ remember receiving software without
- >documentation, except for $15 programs where the documentation was a file on
- >the disk? I think that flaming and fuming are appropriate, especially when
- >the manufacturer sets up a situation where calls have to be made to figure
- >things out and then they say they are having a hard time getting things out
- >the door and answering all the calls at the same time. This is not the way
- >you get people to recommend your product!
- >
- >Allen (itf@psuvm.psu.edu)
-
- I usually consider myself among the patient true believers and cheer for
- Dorothy Day's defenses. But this time I have to second Allen's analysis.
- Even the trust of a true believer is beginning to fray. If this goes on
- much longer we may have to start discussing Apples, not apples.
-
- Gerald W. Schlabach
- University of Notre Dame
- Schlabach.1@nd.edu
-