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Ben Myers wrote:
> Phred wrote:
>> In article <eMy%k.3683$Xt.2046@newsfe13.iad>, Postman Delivers 
>> <JR_the_Postman@xyzahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:42:59 -0500, Daddy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe I'm behind the times, but I've just had a look at the 'new,
>>>> improved' Dell Community Forums. They're awful!
>> [snip]
>>>> A few years ago Dell stopped maintaining a separate technical
>>>> knowledgebase. That was extremely helpful to me. You can still find
>>>> knowledgebase articles but now they're mixed into the thousands of hits
>>>> that result from searching the support website.
>>>>
>>>> First the knowledgebase, now the user forums, and Dell is no longer the
>>>> quality leader in PCs...it's getting harder for me to think 'Dell, of
>>>> course' for my next PC.
>>> http://theunofficial-dellsupportforums.com/forums/index.php?act=idxin
>>
>> Interesting to note that the latest issue of the business magazine 
>> _Forbes Asia_ (8 Dec 2008) has named a former Dell employee, William 
>> Amelio, and his Chinese colleague, Yang Yuanqing, as "Forbes Asia 
>> Businessmen of the Year 2008".  (Amelio, who works out of his office 
>> in Singapore, is now CEO of the Chinese PC company Lenovo; and 
>> Yuanqing, who is usually found in Raleigh NC, is the Lenovo Group 
>> Chairman.)
>>
>> Cheers, Phred.
>>
> They're all recycled from one company to another.  That's why all the 
> computers look the same, cost the same, break down just as often as one 
> another.  Fresh ideas?  None.  Except maybe Apple... Ben Myers

It seems like the freshest ideas in computing these days come from 
teenagers in Belarus. Unfortunately, they're criminals.

Daddy