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Article #1519Re: Borland NZ complaints (longish)
From: Jeff Hartung
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:22
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:22
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In article <1992Sep15.064208.25085@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) writes: >Posted for a Usenet-challenged friend.... > ----------------------- >Am I a whinger or what? > >When Borland (NZ) released the BC3.1 upgrade I trotted along tuit-suite as fast >as my little legs would carry me only to find out that they'd sold all the 3.5" >copies and I'd have to make do with a 5.25" one. No problem... my machine's [stuff about needing to install on machine w/ only 3.5" drive deleted] >Looks as if Borland's install program is too smart for its own good.. it >"knows" that if you're installing off 3.5" HD media then you only need 16 disks >so the other 2 in my set were completely ignored. [stuff about Borland being less-than-helpful <grin> deleted] We, I'm not too surprised at the sluggishness from Borland (seems they are willing to help if money is involved, e.g., "Sure I can solve your problem! There's this new version out that fixes that problem and for only $139 you can upgrade to it. Butwait, there's more! For another $99 you can also get this handsome simulated wood grain finish carrying case for the manuals. :-) However, personality conflicts with Borland's technical/ customer support people aside, an easier solution might have been to make a backup of the directory (and sub-directories) with BC++ in them and restore it to the other computer. -- --Jeff Hartung-- Disclaimer: My opinions only, etc., etc., BLAH! BLAH! BLAH!... InterNet - hartung@crl.ucsd.edu BITNET - hartung@ucsd UUCP - ucsd!crl.ucsd.edu!hartung
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!cbnewsl!att-out!pacbell.com!network.ucsd.edu!cogsci!crl!hartung From: hartung@crl.ucsd.edu (Jeff Hartung) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Borland NZ complaints (longish) Message-ID: <1607@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> Date: 15 Sep 92 17:22:22 GMT References: <1992Sep15.064208.25085@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> Sender: news@cogsci.ucsd.EDU Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 33