#: 16610 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    02-Oct-92  22:53:33
Sb: #16605-MW Prof. OSK Manuals
Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523
To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X)

Ed,

Yes, I guess I was a little rough, I have to admit that I considered going back
and deleting that message after I had left it.

I was _not_ defending "my OEM", in fact I got my set of manuals before I got my
machine! I don't know why IMS decided not to obtain more manuals, but I suspect
(but I really do not know) that its because MW wanted to charge an obscene
amount of money for them.

As far as my reference to small and incomplete, I was referring to a lack of
detailed technical information, rather than tutorials, but it came across as
more critical than I intended. I do think the manuals are not too well
organized, but there is a lot of information there for the middle of the road
user. Not enough for the beginner, or the highly technical user, but still a
lot of good information.

My beef is not with MW alone. We constantly battle with software vendors at
work about high prices for manuals, and in most cases we win, though its
usually a tough fight. I did not mean to single out MW in this case, but was
annoyed at the high price of the OS9 manual set, I still think its a rip off to
charge such high prices for manuals.

As I have already stated, I have no complaint with anyone, MW, IMS and
especially not with you.

I have not heard if IMS has made any arrangements about Ultra-C, and quite
frankly, I don't care. I am happy with the GNU C compiler. Why should I pay MW
for something I can get for free? Ultra-C may be a good package, but I can't
justify spending even as "little" as $200 for it. (You just had to toss that
"ad" in there, didn't you! ;-)

Bill