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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Software support methodology (was Re: Mach from mt Xinu)
Message-ID: <BX4AFU@xds13.ferranti.com>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
References: <1991Mar16.204946.18947@NCoast.ORG> <8305@rsiatl.Dixie.Com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 91 23:11:19 GMT

In article <8305@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond) writes:
> Before someone knee jerks that this plan would not work because vendors
> can't charge the way hospitals can, consider that a) vendors get paid up
> front which would be like some special hospotal wellness fee,

You mean like an HMO? Our company switched to an HMO a year or so back, and
boy am I glad I took the option of paying more for major medical coverage.
It was worse than software support, if only because of the seriousness of
the situation.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  `-_-'  peter@ferranti.com
+1 713 274 5180.  'U`  "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
