Personally I'm going to wait at least a month and watch the reaction on
the list to 3.8 before I upgrade. Those of you who are doing otherwise,
just think how much time you are going to have to spend on customer
support for the priviledge of living on the bleeding edge...
Just my .02
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Russell Heilling -- NetDirect Internet Ltd
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email: russellh@netdirect.net.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Sonny <sonny@nothnbut.net>
To: portmaster-users@livingston.com <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
Date: 27 January 1998 23:45
Subject: Re: (PM) 3.8 Release Date Grumbling
> Waiting for the "perfect" ComOS to come out is BS. They have K56 Flex
>revisions out right now that are incompatiable with PM3's and get 26,400
>connects to my LE products, but users can call down the street login to an
>Ascend .. (which gets updates every couple weeks) and they get 50,000, shit
>I call into my PM3's and get 42k connects call my competition and get 50k
>;) What am I to do, tell my customers, look just because my PM3 reboots
>randomly, you drop carrier all the time, and you can only get 26,4 to 38.8
>on my services, it's all ok because LE wants to take 3 - 9 months to
>perfect the ComOS.
>
> Get serious, while LE takes it's time to keep its image looking good, it
>effects mine. For those that say "It's not happening to me, so I can wait,
>that's great, happy for ya, but it's happening to alot of other Pm3 owners,
>therefore, the concept of the perfect ComOS is just a dream, start
>releasing something that gets the modem speeds higher, no random reboots,
>and cuts down the drop carriers ;) I can give a shitless with additions and
>neat little extras, get the damn basics fixed first.
>
> For those that want to go off on Ascend and the every 2 week revision
>release, go for it, all I own at this point is LE PM3's, for now atleast, I
>have to upgrade with in the next couple weeks, the way it looks and feels,
>it won't be LE equiptment I'll be buying unless things change.
>
> Sonny Kupka
>Nothing But Net, Inc.
>
>At 04:56 PM 1/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>No offense to the author of the last statement below but I think it is
>>unproductive to complain about Livingston's stance on this. I do not want
>>them releasing 3.8 until it is ready because I don't need any more grief
>>than necessary. My guess is that the silent majority on this list
>>probably feels the same way.
>>
>>I think it best if everyone just exhibits some patience. I, for one, am
>>not particularly looking forward to spending several hours in the wee
>>hours upgrading software.
>>
>>MZ, Josh, Jon: please go down to engineering and see if they need
>>anything while they are working on 3.8. We'll take up a collection. :-)
>>
>>--
>>Ron Parker
>>Network Communications Specialist
>>Brazosport College
>>
>>
>>> >I personally believe that "when a product is ready to move on" (read:
>>> >solid, reliable and with all of the features you'd like to see) *is* a
>>> >pretty specific date. Would you want it at any *other* date? :-)
>>> >
>>>
>>> But it is just unfair to get everyone excited about the forthcoming and
>>> then just say, oh well, we don't know if this is happening this year or
>>> this century. Just sit there and wait.
>>
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