home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!mbk
- From: mbk@netcom.com (Miles Kehoe)
- Subject: Re: FLAME: BORLAND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- Message-ID: <r2pm07=.mbk@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 18:26:53 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <13868@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Lines: 27
-
- Everyone who uses computers knows how frustrating it is to
- be on 'indefinite hold' while waiting for a tech support
- person. Still, Borland is among the best in my book - NOT because
- of their dial-in support (which i admit I've never tried)
- but because of their use of online support services
- like Compuserve.
-
- They were one of the first to formally offer support on
- CIS, and still have one of the most active SIGS there.
- if you can wait a day or so for an answer, you not only
- get the benefit of the official Borland 'answer' but you
- also get feedback from several users who have probably
- already solved the problem you are hitting.
-
- OK.. CIS is no free - but $12 an hour connect time isn't
- bad - you log on, ask a question in 5 or 10 minutes,
- and have your answer tomorrow. Not bad, eh? And, if you
- do that once and find the Borland support email id, you
- can mail your questions in free from the net.
-
- Like I say, I've never called Borland for support - I've
- always gotten my answers online.
-
- Not a bad way to work, I'd say!
-
- Miles
-
-