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- From: spexet@engin.umich.edu (Dennis Robert Spexet)
- Subject: Re: Byte should dump Pournelle (was Re: Windows 3.1 virus attacks OS/2 2.0!)
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 17:20:10 EDT
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
- Summary: Don't tell Pournelle that
- References: <rick.33.713554348@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <weinkam.713648226@sfu.ca> <rick.41.713723282@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
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- In article <rick.41.713723282@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner) writes:
- >Then there are at least two instance in the column where he talks about
- >hitting a roadblock, ripping off a fax to the company concerned, and then
- >finding the answer in the manuals! RTFM should be posted in 3' letters
- >on every wall in Chaos Manor. This is an unnecessary burden on the
- >tech support staff and teaches everyone that you fax first and read later.
- >Inexcusable.
-
- I really shouldn't comment too much on this, seeing that this doesn't have
- much to do with OS/2 applications, but this strikes too close to home:
-
- *Never* tell Pournelle to RTFM. I politely (or so I thought) mentioned it
- on his Roundtable in GEnie, and he hit the ceiling, in an electronic sense.
- I'm afraid that he took my suggestion as a grievous insult, since he posted
- a bunch of messages telling the world how I was insulting him.
-
- In any event, the only way that he got OS/2 installed was by the assistance
- of an IBM SE who came out after Pournelle bitched and moaned to everyone in
- electronic sight.
-
- I suspect that he still hasn't read any of the printed documentation yet,
- or any of the on-line help files.
-
- >The first part of the column is a rag about installation of ISA boards.
- >Then he confesses that his tower was upright as he tried to force it in
- >and that it went much better when he turned the tower on its side. This
- >from a man who extolled the virtues of S100 bus systems when he first
- >started his Chaos Manor column. He should know how to install a board - the
- >problems he had are indicative of how isolated he has become from the world
- >of the common user by having tech support folks from every company at his
- >beck and call.
-
- After I (and a couple of other folks) mentioned this on GEnie, he became
- rather upset, informing me in very blunt terms that he didn't care a whit
- about what I thought. It is rather humorous, though I must admit that I am
- not impressed by his ability to accept criticism.
-
- I'm sorry for being off-topic. I just thought I'd mention it for good humor.
-
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