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In article <1992Oct4.042754.4024@spcvxb.spc.edu>, terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) writes:
>   I don't think the local offices will do any better or worse with listings
> than anything else, provided you give them the part number. Also, I doubt that
> thet could do the right thing for simple stuff, like VAX BASIC.

Ah, there's the rub -- finding the part number.  I've heard many reports from
folks who didn't have the number for the listings CDs, and couldn't convince
their Digital sales rep to look for it, as the rep was convinced that it didn't
exist.  Happens all the time, and is one reason for slow sales of listings
kits.  At one point the part number was quite difficult to find on the
Electronic Store... I could list several other ways in which some folks in DEC
seem to be trying to hide the listings offering under the rug... If *I* were
Digital, I would be making a big point of the fact that VMS listings are
available for only $2K; to my way of thinking this is a big advantage.  I know
of no other hardware-vendor-supported OS (proprietary or otherwise) for which
you can get listings for only $2K. 

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
uucp 'g' protocol guru and release coordinator, VMSnet (DECUS uucp) W.G., and 
Chair, VMS Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VAX Systems SIG 
Internet:  jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
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