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From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto )
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: export controls
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Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 15:53:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 19 15:53:14 1984
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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-