howard@amdahl.amdahl.com (The Toolmaster) (07/29/87)
We all joke a bit about vaporware, but I have really seen it! I stopped by
Fry's Elec. for a bit and while perusing the Mac software shelf, I saw a
stange box, well actually a sleeve for a box, on the top shelf. What is
the sleeve for, dBase-Mac. It looked interesting from the sleeve, but the
box, the software, the manuals; no where to be found. The employees were as
helpful as ever; "huh, oh, let me check the shelf (like I hadn't), uh, I don't
know, let me go ask Floyd..." Floyd is the localized black hole that sucks
up service people looking for answers. Gad, I hate that place.
For a place that's supposed to have everything, my wife says they don't have
tissues, not even a mini kleenex pack. Floyd told her so. :-( AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. I guess Fry's is ok if you
just want to pick up a few memory chips; "no help, please."
So, has anyone seen dBase-Mac. And congratulations to the guy who
received Word3.01 today. You won. :-)
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