Re: Arrrrgh!! JUMBO GOOFED! -- Big Time!!

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From: Andrew Stephenson
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 03:48

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In article <4dorvh$huo@panix2.panix.com> jumbo@panix.com "Jon
Conlon" writes:

> Sorry -- Sorry -- Sorry!!!  JUMBO (http://www.jumbo.com)  made a really
> dumb mistake and consequently about 12,000 of our 64, 000 shareware
> programs have been un-downloadable for the last 10 days or so.  We really
> feel like jerks.
>
> It's fixed now -- Please forgive us for the inconvenience.

I am struggling hard to care.  (Considering how often, loudly and
intrusively JUMBO plaster their cr***y ads all over Usenet.)

But, "We really feel like jerks" : yes, _that_ I can relate to.
--
Andrew Stephenson

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