birger@kvvax4.UUCP (01/02/70)
To all of you who saw the message sent by esa@kvvax4 concerning Interactive Systems Corporation's products as delivered by BTM, Belgium. The IS/3 version referred to in the message was a prerelease of the system. This was wholly understood by KV at the time of installing. The company was also aware that receiving a prerelease of such a package is quite another thing from getting an official release installed. We specifically requested the prerelease since the full release was not available and were prepared to take the consequences. The frustration reflected by the technician in the news message was a personal point of view (which is not unusual on a news net of this kind) and it doesn't by any means constitute a company viewpoint. Assessing the quality of a product and BTM as a supplier based on a prerelease of IS/3 would be unfair. KV have no experience with the commercial version of IS/3, therefore are not in any position to comment on it. KV have several Interactive's products installed and have, for example, high opinions of their INed screen editor, which we have on the machine running IS workbench for VMS and on two machines running 4.1bsd. KV and BTM are at the present time considering a closer co-operation and we are prepared to place new orders at BTM and Interactive Systems Corporation in the near future. Our intention is definitely to continue the good relationship with BTM. Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk Computer Technology Group Birger Dalen General Manager