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From: pen@lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson)
Subject: Re: SCO market share
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Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society
References: <2efuku$4vj@rhombus.cs.jhu.edu> <9312142221.aa02201@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk> <2elv4l$7bf@panix.com> <9312160942.aa05228@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1993 21:46:42 GMT
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nigel@stonewall.demon.co.uk (Nigel Whitfield) writes:

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>I can only assume that you don't know the first thing about magazine
>publishing. Your sweeping statement seems, IMHO, typical of people who
>want businesses to run unsupported software. I'm quite happy to do so
>at home, where a short delay won't cost me lots of money.

>When it comes to work, I have to know that there is support there that
>is unconditional. It doesn't have to depend on my staff knowing how to
>access the net, and the right person reading the right newsgroup at
>the appropriate moment.

>I can't afford to use a non-standard solution. I can't risk the
>magazine not appearing because there's no one who can give me a level
>of support that I'm happy to pay for.

What's the problem of buying the support you want from one of the
many companies that sell just that for free software?

/Peter

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Peter Eriksson                                            pen@lysator.liu.se
Lysator Academic Computer Society               ...!uunet!lysator.liu.se!pen
University of Linköping, Sweden                  I'm bored again - flame me!