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Article #242Re: Open Letter to IBM
From: MICHAEL Z MAGIL
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1993 14:01
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1993 14:01
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In article <jeffcCE8yDB.Ltp@netcom.com> jeffc@netcom.com (Jeff Cohen) writes: >In article <28i1g7$54b@access.digex.net> kbennett@access.digex.net (Keith R. Bennett) writes: >>Following is a letter I wrote to IBM and sent to their technical >>support Internet address (cset2@vnet.ibm.com): >> >>Dear Sir/Madam: >> >>I would greatly appreciate if you could forward this message both to >>the director of the C/Tools++ project, and to your president. >> >>I am appalled at the lack of response I have experienced trying to >>get technical support from you via this email address. Approximately >>two thirds of my messages go unanswered, even after several days. >>What kind of way is this to help developers build applications that >>will make OS/2 more appealing to the public? > ><much deleted> > >For what it's worth, I'd like to state that I've never had any letter >mailed to cset2@vnet.ibm.com go unanswered, or have an unsatisfactory >response. But it does frequently take a few days. In addition to what Jeff said, may I add that I worked at the Toronto Lab where CSet/2/++ were developed. The people in that specific team were *swamped* with technical support requests from everywhere. Even those within IBM had to wait for days (sometimes weeks) for a reply. You must learn to be patient when trying to obtain tech support via email especially when it is for a newly released product. My suggestion if you are dissatisfied with the wait time for a reply is to phone tech support directly. Mike.
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