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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!rde!eric
- From: eric@homebase.vistachrome.com (Eric Brunson)
- Subject: Re: Novell sucks!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.142348.12792@homebase.vistachrome.com>
- Organization: Vista-Chrome Incorporated
- References: <TOMA.92Nov11160635@db.TC.Cornell.EDU>
- Distribution: comp.sys.sun.misc, misc.forsale.computers.d
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:23:48 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Rory Toma) writes:
-
- >Well, we bought NOvell Dos Lan workplace to connect some PC's to our
- >Sun network. We are having a little installation problem (probably
- >related to this silly deal with PC's - you have 8 megs of memory but
- >you really only have 640K - a Nobel prize to the genius who designed
- >that). Anyway, I call Novell - they tell me I should ask my distributor.
- >I call them and get a resounding "Huh? We don't sell too many of those..."
- >So I call Novell again. They want $20. "Support isn't included" Heck, even
- >Sun will give you 90 days... Si we pay the $20, and now we have to wait
- >for a call back. Whoever designed Novell's customer support probably
- >did the Post Office's, too.
-
- I've actually gotten pretty good service from the Post Office the few
- times I've had to call them. Too bad I can't say the same for Novell.
-
- >In short - until they change this "support" policy, you should think
- >twice before purchasing a Novell product.
- >--
- >toma@tc.cornell.edu - Rory Toma
-
- >Opinionated and tunnel-visioned? Darn right. But then, my employer really
- >doesn't know what I'm talking about anyway...
- --
- | | Dear Auntie Em, | Eric Brunson
- |o| I hate Kansas. I hate | eric@vistachrome.com
- | | the farm. I hate you. | brunson@math.fsu.edu
- | | I'm leaving. |
- | | Dorothy |
- |o| P.S. |
- | | Took the dog. |
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