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- From: esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Dell SVR$ (and Dell hardware) total lack of success on Postscript
- Message-ID: <1hBfwO#8z5pMO0y2xT58RFpP25w2zKV=esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 15:35:25 GMT
- References: <z5-mfvq@dixie.com> <1992Jul18.002830.9207@dellunix.dell.com> <1992Jul20.202516.29768@rwwa.COM>
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- In <1992Jul20.202516.29768@rwwa.COM> Robert Withrow wrote:
- > In article <1992Jul18.002830.9207@dellunix.dell.com>,
- > donn@dellunix.dell.com (Donn Baumgartner) writes:
- >
- > | Bull. [...] your complaint is unjustified. We're familiar with your
- > | problem - even in development we've heard your whining, [...] IT'S NOT
- > | DELL'S PROBLEM that someone else's printer and cable doesn't work with
- > | our machine/software. We have no obligation or commitment to make your
- > | particular (and peculiar) setup work [...] I *personally* wish you would
- > | find out what Compaq is selling these days.
- >
- > Assuming the above is not a forgery, I'd like to nominate Donn to the
- > Tact Hall of Fame.
- >
- > P.S. Eric: Should this be added to your FAQ?
-
- Probably. There's nothing new about the policy, but popping off at a
- paying customer like that indicates arrogance and a poor attitude.
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- Eric S. Raymond = esr@snark.thyrsus.com
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