BUG IN INTERACTIVE UNIX - WHERE IS THE FIX ?????

Jim Deitch jdeitch at jadpc.cts.com
Mon Mar 11 06:33:35 AEST 1991


In article <1991Mar10.133539.19431 at balkan.TNT.COM> wgb at balkan.TNT.COM (William G. Bunton) writes:
>In article <1991Mar09.064720.19307 at ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl at ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>>In article <KTRODMM at dobag.in-berlin.de> lumpi at dobag.in-berlin.de (Joern Lubkoll) writes:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>interactive told us that the fix for the u-block bug would be
>>>available 22.2 1991, but until now there wasn't any reaction !
>>>
>>>My german vendor told me, that there isn't a fix yet !
>>>
>>>So WHERE IS IT ????
>>>
>>>jl
>>
>>According to the sources I have with a major distributor of ISC, there is no
>>fix yet.  I hammered them on this yesterday (again).
>>
>>ISC, THE WORLD IS GETTING PISSED OFF AT YOU.  CRAP OR GET OFF THE POT, 
>>GIVE US ALL A REFUND, OR LETS ALL SUE FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE!
>
>Well, Karl, in response to the posting from lumpi, in article
><2035 at ssbn.WLK.COM> Bill Kennedy wrote (on 7 March, 1991):
>
>>Mine was in todays mail.
>
>He also gives kudos to Marty S. at ISC, which I heartily endorse.
>
>I guess I could give you the benefit of the doubt and say that you
>have a slow news feed.  But then again, on past experience I'd say
>that you seem to have a very fast one.  And we all know you don't like
>ISC.  Seems to me that ISC has gotten off the pot and walked well
>away.  I'll leave it to everyones imagination as to where this leaves
>you.
>
>And speaking of a refund.  ISC certainly doesn't owe you a refund
>(read your license).  If anything, you ought to pay them for all the
>hate you've spewed out over the net.  But I'll be happy to take your
>copy off your hands for, say, $50.  Think about it, if everyone else
>is truly behind you then that's the best offer you'll ever get.
>
>-- 
>William G. Bunton              | An engineer is a man who can do for five bob
>wgb at balkan.tnt.com             | what any bloody fool can do for a quid.
>Tools & Techniques, Austin, TX |                        -- origin unknown

Heck, I'll go $55  :-)



Jim
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