(PM) More on 3.8b17 (BETA!)

Scotty McConnell (scotty@continet.com)
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:07:22 -0700

UM .........Last time I checked Beta meant..ah let see oh ya beta.

stop whining.

If you don't like it go back to a full release.

>
>We've learned to trust Livingston software over the last
>3-1/2 years... no more.
>
>The issuance of B17 (heck call is a B52) borders on
>being an Ascend fiasco.
>
>Anyway using PRI on DMS & 5E switches, running OSPF, and
>stacked ... here are our findings:
>
> 1) Connect speeds were about 10% slower!
> 2) We saw the @! garbage
> 3) Mac, Unix & some older dialer users could NOT
> get a login prompt. A carriage return brought it
> up every once and a while, but not consistently.
>
>
>Worry 1 -- If this was supposed to be an upgrade for the
>V.90 code, well, back to the drawing board!
>
>Worry 2 -- What happened? This release seems to have
>missed the most basic of tests.
>
>The only good news is SLIP worked.. (yes we have one
>AS400 customer).
>
>
>

Scotty McConnell
scotty@continet.com
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