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- From: fitz@frc.ri.cmu.edu (Kerien Fitzpatrick)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: edu - throw out new SunExpress catalog
- Message-ID: <Btwx4w.3Bw.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 18:38:55 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.173446.17994@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Organization: Field Robotics Center, Carnegie Mellon University
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- Well, I had called SunExpress since we prefer to order documentation, etc through
- them instead of our normal Sun sales channel. What I was told was that if I
- wanted the University discount the quote would be for a 30 day lead time. The
- only thing that seemed to have the Educational discount and quick delivery was
- the PC-NFS product.
-
- I can understand the extra delivery time on hardware, but it seems totally
- bull*&%^ to apply this to their software and documentation. They seemed
- to have such a good thing going....its too bad someone had to jump in and
- screw it up. I didn't ask if other discount groups were similarly affected....
-
- Marketing types....can't live with them....can't live without them...
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- Kerien Fitzpatrick Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Field Robotics Center (412)268-6564
- The Robotics Institute Internet: fitz@frc.ri.cmu.edu
- Carnegie Mellon University
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