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Re: Open Letter to IBM

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From: Keith R. Bennett
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 00:53
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In article <292mu6$935@rainbow.sosi.com>,
Bill Laird <blaird@rainbow.sosi.com> wrote:
>
>: Keith, I am the product manager for IBM C Set++ for OS/2.
>[snip]
>
>Wow, that is what I call terrific service! I am very impressed with Mr.
>Francis' voluntary efforts to support OS/2, and the responsiveness of
>IBM in general to developer feedback.

What in the message do you consider is terrific service and
responsiveness?  That he finally answered my letter?  I did not
see him describe any concrete actions he intended to do other than
to pass the message on.

Neither did it sound to me like he was willing to extend tech
support beyond the narrow scope of compiler usage and bugs.

- Keith




>
>I am on a team that is evaluating 32 bit compilers. This kind of attitude
>will certainly give C Set++ a leg up. Keep up the good work!
>
>Bill
>
>
>
>--
>Bill Laird
>blaird@sosi.com
>597-8700@mcimail.com
>         "640 K is all the memory you will ever need" - Bill Gates


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Keith Bennett                            Bennett Business Solutions, Inc.
C++/C Software Development               1605 Ingram Terrace
kbennett@access.digex.net                Silver Spring, MD USA 20906-5932
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