Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!jcp From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto) Newsgroups: net.crypt Subject: Re: export controls Message-ID: <4738@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 15:53:14 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.4738 Posted: Wed Sep 19 15:53:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 01:07:42 EDT References: <1041@research.UUCP> <4729@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 12 DEC loses more money due to the incompetance of their billing dept. than any small number of 0.5Mill fines. (Really, I recently left a company that bought a $120K Vax 11/750 system and wasn't even BILLED for it for OVER a year after delivery, (even after we called and TOLD them about it)) I'm sure the more serious part of the problem was that the Commerce Dept. now goes over every item of serious computer equipment they export with a fine tooth comb. (Has anyone noticed that almost ALL of these seizures are of DEC equipment??) Maybe we'll get lucky and the Russians will steal all the antiquated minis (like Vaxes), and leave the Pyramids and Goulds for the rest of us... -JCP-