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Article #13Re: Living with ADB -A How To guide
From: Royce Howland
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 13:56
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 13:56
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roettig@ifi.unizh.ch (Thomas Roettig) writes:
>In article <1992Oct26.200608.8784@next.cambridge.ma.us>
>simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes:
>> Why are you repeatedly spreading this disinformation? NeXT doesn't charge
>> people to file bug reports. NeXT charges companies who want technical support
>> to answer $225 to answer a question, or $5500 per year. Developers get a 30%
>> discount. There is no charge if the question is because of a bug.
>Are you shure about the last statement? I did try ask_next@next.com for a
>question concerning a bug (I can not access a large number of fonts since
>upgrading to NS 3.0 and all the workarounds from the net did not help).
>Guess what kind a answer I got from NeXT?
My understanding also is that NeXT will not charge for bug-related
assistance. Perhaps one of the kind NeXT souls will see this thread
and forever (nah, more like "temporarily") end the debate with a few
facts. :~)
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Everything is IMHO | operating system, programs are easier
royce@splunge.uucp (NeXTMail OK) | to write and run faster, too."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!doc.ic.ac.uk!aixssc.uk.ibm.com!yktnews!admin!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!news.ans.net!europa.asd.contel.com!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!gumby!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!atlantis!splunge!royce From: royce@splunge.uucp (Royce Howland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Living with ADB -A How To guide Message-ID: <1992Oct27.135607.3505@splunge.uucp> Date: 27 Oct 92 13:56:07 GMT References: <1992Oct26.200608.8784@next.cambridge.ma.us> <1992Oct27.101427.3287@ifi.unizh.ch> Organization: Ashley, Howland & Wood Lines: 23