tyers@trlluna.trl.oz (P Tyers) (02/04/89)
Reply-to: tyers@trlluna.trl.oz (P Tyers)
Can someone help me? When was Ultrix 3.0 officially distributed, I repeat
distributed, not released or sent out as beta in the USA?
I believe it was on or around 1 December 1988 but need confirmation. I am
curently in discussion with DEC Australia regarding the timeframe for
distribution of upgrades in Australia. Current estimate is about end March
which I consider totally unacceptable; to belt DEC Aust. I need facts to
weight the club. At approximately A$1000 per month for DECAID I expect
some service, is this too much to expect?
thanks in advance
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MAIL: Telecom Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 249, Clayton, VICTORIA 3168,AUSTpavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (G.Pavlov) (03/07/89)
Reply-to: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (G.Pavlov) In article <82065@felix.UUCP>, tyers@trlluna.trl.oz (P Tyers) writes: > Reply-to: tyers@trlluna.trl.oz (P Tyers) > > Can someone help me? When was Ultrix 3.0 officially distributed, I repeat > distributed, not released or sent out as beta in the USA? > ..........Current estimate is about end March > which I consider totally unacceptable; to belt DEC Aust. I need facts to > weight the club. At approximately A$1000 per month for DECAID I expect > some service, is this too much to expect? > Probably. We haven't received ours either. But then, it took DEC twelve days to replace a bad disk last month, and we have "eight-hour response time" service coverage (yes, they always at least call me back within that time frame. Big deal). This level of "service" does simplify things, tho: the question of whether to go with the "safe" choice of a big vendor or a small, potentially less reliable one, doesn't come up anymore when we are looking to buy new equip- ment. Made it much easier to purchase a MIPS for a database machine, with its 12:1 price-performance advantage over a uVAX 3500..... greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny