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From: gw@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Gunther Walther)
Subject: Re: VW2.0a for PowerMac - Caution
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Steve Barnette (jazzbeau@netcom.com) wrote:

: I bet QKS is real excited about the prospect of getting your business. 
: People like you are the reason companies charge for Support these days.

People like him who put in a lot of time trying out different
configurations and documenting errors are the reason that there
is a slim chance that the number of bugs in a product decreases.
This is real, hard work.

In fact it is support for the company that is receiving this
data. We live in a sad time in which such people are being
charged for their contribution in the name of "support".

gunther

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