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- From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: Gateway service problem
- Message-ID: <31832@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 20:48:10 GMT
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- In article <1jmjo8INN4qc@post.its.mcw.edu>, ttrusk@its.mcw.edu (Thomas Trusk) writes:
- |> In article <jcmorris.727537460@mwunix> jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) writes:
- |> >akm@atlantix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) writes:
- |> >
- |> >>I thought that folks reading this thread should know that Infowrold
- |> >>has a front page article that talks about Gateway's poor support. This
- |> >>is in the current (1/18/93) issue.
- |> >
- |> > [details deleted]
- |> >
- |> >The _Wall_Street_Journal_ ran an article earlier this week (Monday or
- |> >Tuesday; I'm not sure which) saying pretty much the same thing. The
- |> >call volume figures quoted are amazing.
- |> >
- |>
- |> My most recent issue of PC Magazine reports a reader's survey
- |> that ranks Gateway ABOVE average in all categories. This tells me 2 things.
- |>
- |> Either:
- |>
- |> 1. the readers of PC mag have more technical common sense obviating the
- |> need to call the bonehead 'support' people, or
- |>
- |> 2. PC Mag way, way, way, way, behind the times. Pretty sad for a journal published
- |> twice a month.
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- You forgot the third possiblility, that gateway get is right 80% of the
- time and the 20% who have problems make a lot of noise.
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