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- From: yrjola@hkkk.fi (Matti Yrjola)
- Subject: Re: Again, trouble with european HP-UX software support
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.102153.3008@hkkk.fi>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 10:21:53 GMT
- References: <1992Jul16.094631.182605@rrz.uni-koeln.de> <28510289@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com>
- Organization: Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
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- In <28510289@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> franks@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Frank Slootweg CRC) writes:
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- > Responding to the posting of seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard
- >Seymour) :
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- > I have no experience with DEC support and am not in HP Support
- >Marketing, so I don't know if I can really compare apples to apples, but
- >from your descriptions I conclude that we have very similar services and
- >do one point just different, not worse or better. Since I do not know
- >which other, i.e. besides the ones you mentioned, services DEC has, I
- >can not say that we are better.
-
- > Here it goes:
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- >DEC HP
- >=== ==
- >Software Dispatch Software Status/Release Bulletin
- >DSIN HP SupportLine
- >Self Maintenance Binary Distribution BasicLine (every two months)
-
- What does the BasicLine two month timeframe actually mean?
- I have heard a term called "DART" (Distributed Application Release
- Train ??) from HP Finland, but haven't seen it yet. Should it be
- a CDROM-based software distribution released every two months?
- If so we would be really happy to see it in action.
-
- Getting new releases (both operating system and applications) of
- software in a timely basis is a drag. I can't speak for anybody else,
- but it looks like the software distribution in Europe is way behind
- of that in the US. Is this real or are we a special case?
-
- I don't like to complain (especially about HP) but this is a
- persistent problem and I am getting tired of answers like
- "We know there is a problem, we are working on it, we have a solution
- real soon now" after several years.
-
- And, YES we do have up-to-date software contracts.
-
- >Software Performance Report Software/Documentation Problem Report
- >emergency bugs, local DEC office (Customer) Response Center
- >tracking system same (TRAK) at Response Center
-
- Otherwise HP support is great, thanks.
-
- > With regard to HP requesting serial numbers, etc. for making a quote
- >for a service contract: The information is on the packing list(s). Also a
- >reference to the purchase order number(s) will do. We need this
- >information because nothing withholds a customer from "relocating"
- >and/or selling his/her equipment. So we might know what we sold to a
- >particular user in a particular company, but that is no guarantee that
- >(s)he still has this stuff and that (s)he does not have any additional
- >stuff. So because we can not know for sure, we ask. Of course the HP
- >person asking for this information should (be able to) explain why (s)he
- >needs this information.
-
- >Frank Slootweg, HP, Dutch Customer Response Center
-
- Keep up the good work.
-
- Matti (I am not complaining, but ...)
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