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From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
Subject: Re: SCO market share
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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References: <9312160932.aa05151@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk> <1993Dec16.141138.17060@news.csuohio.edu> <2f4qqc$ke6@slab.mtholyoke.edu> <9312220839.aa11437@fags.stonewall.demon.co.uk>
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Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1993 07:17:31 GMT
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Nigel Whitfield (nigel@stonewall.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <2f4qqc$ke6@slab.mtholyoke.edu> jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz) writes:
: >No, Nigel's argument doesn't go very far...

: But it still goes further than the suggestion "Just post to the net,
: or check out the source code." Neither are perfect, but in terms of
: having come back, paid for support is rather more useful for a
: situation like mine.

And many SCO bug fixes are freely available at ftp.uu.net, which has a
mirror of the SCO support system.

I've also received SCO bug fixes by UUCP and overnight mail.

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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  rmk@bedford.progress.com