> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Crystall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:46 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: 'copy protected Cd`s' destroy firmware
>
>
> On 16 May 2002 at 12:33, Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
>
> > > Or worse, the company which bought em becaiuse the boss
> "liked how
> > > how they looked", and then called us for "repair" when windows
> > > wouldn't install on em. I took look look and walked out.
> > >
> > > I got back to the shop just in time to see MY boss ripping up the
> > > place's service contract. "Abusive client behavoir"
> > >
> > > Yes, there ARE people that stupid out there. And working
> part-time
> > > as a computer tech, you get to meet an unreasonalbly high
> proportion
> > > of em...
> >
> > I don't think that's stupid - I think its people who don't
> understand
> > the differences in hardware, OS, and peripherals. Would we call a
> > bedouin "stupid" if he didn't understand the difference between an
> > xbox and a playstation?
>
> The boss in question is in charge of running 120 PC's. If he goes out
> and buys 40 Mac's beause we admised him about a third of em wouls
> need replacement...
>
> To START with, under his contract he should have gone throgh us, but
> we don't tend to get sticky about that unless they go to one of the
> other local companies.
>
> And then there are his own two "tech people" who didn't say anything.
> So yeah, it was plain dumb.
*laugh* well thats a different story.
-j-
