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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:22872 comp.unix.bsd:14734 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fastrac.llnl.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!news.amherst.edu!news.umass.edu!nic.umass.edu!twain.ucs.umass.edu!mrunkel From: mrunkel@twain.ucs.umass.edu (Marc A. Runkel) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: APC refuses to give out info without NDA Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd Date: 18 Aug 1994 18:36:48 GMT Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3309o0$r5l@nic.umass.edu> References: <32o173$icu@thor.tjhsst.edu> <NELSON.94Aug15221712@crynwr.crynwr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: twain.ucs.umass.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : Vince believes APC has more to gain from proprietary communications, : than from an open system. This is an 80's attitude. Wake up Vince, : we're half-way through the 90's! Actually, we seem to have come full circle. Back in the CP/M days, no specs meant no sale. :-) If anyone from APC is reading this, you will be glad to know that I too will no longer be suggesting that the UMass buy APC UPS's. Which is too bad, as I think they are good products. -- Marc A. Runkel marc.runkel@registrar.umass.edu Network Analyst Of course, this is just my Registrar's Office * Systems Support Group tiny, insignificant, humble University of Massachusetts, Amherst opinion. If you don't like it....