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- From: golbone@milton.u.washington.edu (Sima Hashemifar)
- Subject: Re: Informix Support Problem
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.081454.8131@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- References: <9208211400.AA01350@salmon.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 08:14:54 GMT
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- In article <9208211400.AA01350@salmon.demon.co.uk> neil@salmon.demon.co.uk ("Neil S. Briscoe") writes:
- >In article <1992Aug21.054836.3498@u.washington.edu>
- >From: golbone@milton.u.washington.edu (Sima Hashemifar) writes:
- >[...]
-
- >>But you would post to the net to clear your/company name? Why did you not
- >>email your response?
-
- >Some at Informix choose to, some don't. In either case I don't see it
- >as trying to make the company look good. It may be that they care
- >what customers feel about the company *and* themselves. They're
- >trying to do you a favour.
-
- You are quoting me out of context and I do not like that. Whereas the
- engineer would would post his response, he asked me to use e-mail. That was
- why I asked him for his motive, publicly. You quickly forget that I did not
- get adequate support until I brought the case into the public forum.
- Anyway, he has since replied by email thank you.
-
- >what customers feel about the company *and* themselves. They're
- >trying to do you a favour.
- I beg no favor from this particular engineer nor Informix.
- The product hangs up my machine!! In my opinion, this is a fatal
- bug and should be given immediate attention. The fact that the problem
- was deffered till after work shows a lack of commitment to good
- quality on Informix's part.
-
- >>You may think that working at home is a sign of support, I think of it as a
- >>sign that either the engineer is overworked meaning that Informix is
- >>cutting corners in support by having too few hands, or the engineer is lazy
- >>at work and has to take the spill home. I have a strong feeling the reason
- >>is not the latter.
-
- >Most of my customers are also good business colleagues. I've spent
- >social occasions with these people.
- Some of us do not think we need to kiss customers A** to keep them. We believe
- in good work; you know, the type that advertises itself.
-
- >(I'm lucky we're small enough to
- >allow this.) In any event, working from home after a day at the
- >Silicon Face is nobody's idea of fun.
-
- The point I made clear was that the engineers are probably overworked. I
- guess you missed the point. I wrote:
- >>You may think that working at home is a sign of support, I think of it as a
- >>sign that either the engineer is overworked meaning that Informix is
- >>cutting corners in support by having too few hands, or the engineer is lazy
- >>at work and has to take the spill home. I have a strong feeling the reason
- >>at work and has to take the spill home. I have a strong feeling the reason
- >>is not the latter.
-
- >Silicon Face is nobody's idea of fun.
- At least you get to work, my machine hangs up, get it? MY MACHINE HANGS!!
-
- > I've been 'phoned at work
- >before and asked if I would be available at the weekend due to this
- >being the only time the customer could perform a particular job. In
- >most cases I've agreed. I don't get paid extra, the customer doesn't
- >get charged. With an attitude like yours, however, you'd get past me
- >just once. After that, boy would you be paying through the nose.
- >More likely, I'd just be busy that weekend, and all the following
- >ones.
- There are some of us who would pay for what is proper, that hope to
- socialize with an A**kisser like you, or even owe you a favor. Furthermore,
- If I have just paid your company for work and it is not done because,
- imcompetents like you are busy socializing with friends/customers, I
- would not hesitate one second to bring it into the public forum. I
- will not hesitate to tell the world that I have not been given support
- that is due me, because, I have paid. I am not asking for a favor. I am
- not begging Informix for a donation. I bought a software package and
- the damn thing hung my machine on first try!!! I waited for three
- months before I said anything in public. I think I have every right
- to scream FOUL!!
-
- >You guessed. You've agitated me.
- Who cares? You could be dead for all I care. I am complaining that I have
- a $2000.00 dollar program that hangs up my machine and Informix is not
- doing much about it. Some of us do have to pay for our dinners, we do
- not wine and dine with customers. We get in their favor by doing good
- works for them.
-
-