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Article #11797Re: Gateway service problem
From: H. Austin Hummel
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:48
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:48
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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. 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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!timbuk.cray.com!raistlin!ems!ems.cdc.com!ahummel 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 References: <C1248s.HE8@cdsmn.mn.org> <downs.62.727498154@helios.nevada.edu> <dhess.727501500@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan20.045248.2388@cs.uoregon.edu> <jcmorris.727537460@mwunix> <1jmjo8INN4qc@post.its.mcw.edu> Sender: sys@ems.ems.cdc.com Reply-To: ahummel@ems.cdc.com Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of CDC Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: otan.ems.cdc.com