Can't backup to floppy

[Bill Kennedy]

In article <926 at cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> will at cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS (Will Nelson) writes:
>In article <1716 at ddsw1.UUCP>, karl at ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger) writes:

[ stuff about Merge ]

>Again, I apologize to those who are sensitive about four
>letter words for using them in this forum.

Well I'm not squeamish about four letter words, but I'm reminded of several
when Microport Merge/386 is the discussion topic.

>I do not apologize for alerting the 386 Microport user
>community about a very serious problem.

Me neither.  I have a letter, signed by an officer of the firm, thanking
me for being a pioneer and promising me the latest and greatest debugged
release in exchange for my being a pioneer.  So here I sit with Merge 0.2,
grumbling from Microport about not replacing a beta with a beta, and John's
crowing about how thoroughly QC'd everything is.

Sorry, I just don't buy it.  Microport has my money, registration card,
email address, and telephone number.  I have kakah and promises over an
officer's signature.  My woes preceded John Plocher and I'd shut up if

1)  They'd ship what I paid for (i.e. a working Merge/386)
2)  John would quit crowing until #1 above was done.

I'm weary of being a pioneer, most especially since I wasn't aware I was
one until I opened the letter.  I'd like to have the manual that's so
often mentioned in my docs (for which John blames Locus).  I didn't buy a
*thing* from Locus; I paid full retail for *MICROPORT*.

I asked for fire retardant for John until someone posted something that was
complimentary.  I read both of them, shut up for a month, and now I'm on
the warpath again.  He (John Plocher) inherited a bad situation.  My check-
book says that I have funds disbursed for value not received.  I agree,
wholeheartedly with  Karl and Will; CAVEAT EMPTOR and make that phosphor
red if you are looking at Microport.
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