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- From: Thomas.Weihrich@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Thomas Weihrich)
- Subject: Re: Frustrated with SGI support..
- Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 17:16:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.173056.23814@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
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- Hmmmmm ....
-
- SGI support ? I guess it really depends on who you talk to.
-
- Let me tell you what happened a couple of months ago ( I guess it was
- late September):
- I own a 4D20 G and wanted to ask about ways to upgrade the machine.
- For example, I really want to upgrade to the 1.2 GR Revision.
- So I phoned SGI Germany - their service center in Cologne, to be
- specific.
- The lady on the phone's first action was to ask me for my maintenance
- contract #. I told her that I did not have a maintenance contract, since
- I could not afford it (I am a student). She said: if you don't have a
- maintenance contract, we won't sell you anything - no spares, no
- upgrades. I told her that I only wanted to buy an upgrade (the 1.2 GR
- chip to be specific). She said: no way and hung up the phone.
-
- On the other hand, one person at SGI Germany was particularly helpful.
- His name is Mr Lanzendoerfer. He borrowed me a set of 3030 manuals
- to copy them, so that I got a manual set for the old 3030 that I had a
- while ago.
-
- I know that these are the extremes. Unfortunately the first response
- (no maintenance contract, no nothing) seems to be quite popular over
- here. I am certain that there are helpful support people over here in
- Germany as well. It's difficult to find them though.
-
- BTW: I did not get a quote for a 1.2 GR chip or an upgrade to a 4D25 or
- 4D30 or just a couple of additional bitplanes. If SGI USA is remarketing
- used items or upgrades, I'd appreciate it if someone from SGI US could
- give me a quote on these items.
-
- Thanks
- Thomas
-
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