Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!ames!vsi1!daver!carpet!bill From: bill@carpet.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Can't backup to floppy Message-ID: <153@carpet.WLK.COM> Date: 20 Sep 88 04:56:33 GMT References: <913@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> <547@micropen> <1716@ddsw1.UUCP> <926@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> Reply-To: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) Organization: W.L. Kennedy Jr & Associates, Pipe Creek, TX Lines: 41 In article <926@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> will@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS (Will Nelson) writes: >In article <1716@ddsw1.UUCP>, karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger) writes: [ stuff about Merge ] >Again, I apologize to those who are sensitive about four >letter words for using them in this forum. Well I'm not squeamish about four letter words, but I'm reminded of several when Microport Merge/386 is the discussion topic. >I do not apologize for alerting the 386 Microport user >community about a very serious problem. Me neither. I have a letter, signed by an officer of the firm, thanking me for being a pioneer and promising me the latest and greatest debugged release in exchange for my being a pioneer. So here I sit with Merge 0.2, grumbling from Microport about not replacing a beta with a beta, and John's crowing about how thoroughly QC'd everything is. Sorry, I just don't buy it. Microport has my money, registration card, email address, and telephone number. I have kakah and promises over an officer's signature. My woes preceded John Plocher and I'd shut up if 1) They'd ship what I paid for (i.e. a working Merge/386) 2) John would quit crowing until #1 above was done. I'm weary of being a pioneer, most especially since I wasn't aware I was one until I opened the letter. I'd like to have the manual that's so often mentioned in my docs (for which John blames Locus). I didn't buy a *thing* from Locus; I paid full retail for *MICROPORT*. I asked for fire retardant for John until someone posted something that was complimentary. I read both of them, shut up for a month, and now I'm on the warpath again. He (John Plocher) inherited a bad situation. My check- book says that I have funds disbursed for value not received. I agree, wholeheartedly with Karl and Will; CAVEAT EMPTOR and make that phosphor red if you are looking at Microport. -- Bill Kennedy Internet: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM Usenet: { killer | att | rutgers | uunet!bigtex }!ssbn!bill