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Article #2703Re: IBM Workstations (really, IBM Marketing)
From: Preston Briggs
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 19:59
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 19:59
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In article <1260@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <1989Oct19.023316.7433@ico.isc.com>, rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes: >}architecture, price and performance information. I definitely have >}enough information to make a wait/buy decision. (No comment on the >}decision; I'm under non-disclosure :) >It's a pain to try and find a middle ground between surprise >anouncements and vaporware. I wouldn't base any decision on what I read >in those papers, other than to look into the product myself. If ibm thinks you're a valuable potential customer, they'll probably show you the machine and give you all the info you want -- all subject to non-disclosure. Seems like a good idea to me. Avoids suprise announcements and vaporware. Preston Briggs
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rice!titan!preston From: preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM Workstations (really, IBM Marketing) Message-ID: <2238@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 19 Oct 89 19:59:46 GMT References: <16190@vail.ICO.ISC.COM> <4424@bd.sei.cmu.edu> <1989Oct19.023316.7433@ico.isc.com> <1260@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Sender: root@rice.edu Reply-To: preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) Distribution: usa Organization: Rice University, Houston Lines: 17