peterd@cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) (01/14/91)
In article <278E3748.18058@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs4ed3ap@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Tyldesly A) writes: >In article <1991Jan10.225501.10174@usenet@scion.CS.ORST.EDU> bostrov@mist.cs.orst.edu (Vareck Bostrom) writes: >>Intersting, I do not think OSU has gotten any of it's order. >>Still waiting. Getting tired of waiting. I'm thinking of canceling my > >[stuff deleted] >Here, here. It is _almost_ nice to here that I'm note the only one that is >getting jerked around by next. Our university, along with a number of others, >have combined to form an order of nexts worthy of the companies attention. >It was supposed to be shipped on a Tuesday in November but still no show. This >is getting to be a bit of a drag it would come in very handy in some of my >soft. eng. courses. What really gets to me is that McGill (another Canadian >university) has gotten what I believe is there full order of 63 machines so >next can't very well try and blame the boarder for the delay. . . . I must say that NeXT has been pretty good about setting me dates and keeping to them. They originally told me (in June) that they'd announce in mid-September and ship in October. They were up-front about the chip delays and told me in (I think) August that they'd ship their first machines in November and they promised us the _second_ order out of the factory (that's the advantage of risking your neck on pre-release orders =8-0 I told NeXT I'd be happy to receive my shipment in two parts to help schedule the install and they complied. I got my first order in December and the second lot came at just the start of January. I would suggest you talk to your NeXT rep, but also to your university ordering people. I have experienced delays in the past that turned out to be hangups in McGill processing the P.O., etc. NeXT seem to have their build lists pretty well under control. > . . . Next marketing >methods seem to be a strange mix. Some people report excellent relations and >others seem to be continuously screwed around and size of order doesn't seem >to be the major factor (ie. McGills X-windows problems). I mean if you can't >predict a capitalist who can you...:-) Well, I like their marketing, but can't predict tech support. Go figure ;^) Okay, cheap shot. I take it back..... - peterd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Can't get weird enough for me! But Boy, they try on Usenet!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------