schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) (05/11/89)
In article <970@draken.nada.kth.se>, larsa@spirit (Lars Andersson) writes: >It seems to me that news about bugfixes etc should be distributed by >software companies (such as SUN) to license holders, _without_ users >having to prompt the support people for this. Hmmm. That could cut into profit margins, you realize. Besides they are a hardware company, not a software company, right? :-) :-) Scott Schwartz <schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu> "Imake is a cruel hoax"
dav@hplabs.hp.com (David L. Markowitz) (05/24/89)
> In article <970@draken.nada.kth.se>, larsa@spirit (Lars Andersson) writes: > It seems to me that news about bugfixes etc should be distributed by > software companies (such as SUN) to license holders, _without_ users > having to prompt the support people for this. There are always the quarterly bug lists (previously distributed with the Software Tecghnical Bulletins). They frequently have work-arounds or fixes. How many people actually READ them, though? I use mine as a reference: Found a new bug? Look it up! David L. Markowitz Rockwell International ...!sun!sunkist!arcturus!dav dav@arcturus.UUCP The above opinions are merely that, and only mine.