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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!insosf1.infonet.net!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ? Message-ID: <D2BwD3.KDG@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (Internet Direct Admin) Organization: the briney, briney deep Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 05:24:38 GMT References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <3edhq6$f44@epiwrl.entropic.com> <3edpog$ost@agate.berkeley.edu> <D25vC5.B1n@rainbow.cse.nau.edu> <3f00c9$d6v@agate.berkeley.edu> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2.1 [BP] PL2.1] Lines: 25 Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote: : Ahahahahahahahahaha.. Do you think anybody actually READS that? Heck : no, they call the number printed numerous times on the insert and backliner : (or, if they're smart, they finger info@cdrom.com and get the free 800 : number! :-) and demand tech support all the time! : And we answer the calls because even though we claim not to give tech : support and so hopefully discourage most of the ravening masses from calling : us, we do give tech support. If we can possibly help a customer resolve a : problem, we do. Any of the many thousands of FreeBSD or Linux people who've : called here can attest to this! Oh, Jordan, that wasn't thousands of users, that was just me hitting my speed-dial! ;^) Actually, I've never tried to call WC - posting here is faster and I don't have to listen to somebody else's muzak-hold. : As to whether or not we can continute to do this at this level, I can't : say. We're doing it now and we're hiring more people to help do it. : Would you pay more for a fully supported product? What would you pay? : Just asking.. :-) $39.95? Or so? ;^) Wes Peters