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- From: multics@lachesis.acm.rpi.edu (Multics)
- Subject: Re: The Future of ESIX (was Re: PC-clone UNIX Software Buyer's Guide)
- Message-ID: <9-p3vkb@rpi.edu>
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- Organization: The Voice of Fate
- References: <1993Jan21.182201.16556@compu.com> <C198AH.D47@trauma.rn.com> <102@shady.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:53:25 GMT
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- In article <102@shady.UUCP> kevin@shady.UUCP (Kevin Smith) writes:
- >In article <C198AH.D47@trauma.rn.com> larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- > : >fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home) writes:
- > : >
- much deleted
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- >These folks aren't dumb but they have enough to do entering orders, sending
- >out invoices and making their widgets.
-
- as one of those people supporting the dumb user I have to greatly agree
- with kevin.
-
- I've got calls for help where someone had accidently unplugged a peripheral,
- the cleaning crew had unplugged something and the customer called us for
- assistance.
-
- TRUE STORY:
- We had a call from a customer whose system would not boot. It had an
- external disk drive. After spending 15 mintues checking indicator
- lights, operator pressing proper keys, the power lights being on, the
- customer finally mentioned there was some smoke coming from the disk drive.
- THEY DID NOT CONNECT THE SMOKE TO THE SYSTEM NOT BOOTING!!!!!
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- Richard Shetron multics%acm.rpi.edu@rpi.edu multics@hermes.acm.rpi.edu
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