Your totaly correct... and I did step over the boundry, i guess I just had one
of those days.....
dave
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Just as a note for the future..
>
>
> Many companies to not like to be verbally abused.
> They have much better things to do than listen to
> a user flame their company, and will quite often
> toss the e-mail into the trash.
>
> If you really do want them to listen, you have to
> explain why, and explain it nice enough where
> someone won't mind reading it. An e-mail with a
> good business reason to do something, which is
> courteous enough to be read to a company Vice
> President, is more likely to get through than an
> e-mail containing threats and/or negative
> comments, whether about that company or another.
>
> I have had my share of hate mail, and I have even
> written a few in my days. I know that I have even
> posted a few to this mailing list that had a very
> negative tone. But I do this very rarely, as I
> am constantly reminded why I don't do it on a
> regular basis:
>
> 1. I get those kinda e-mails in the tech support
> business, so I know how the supporters feel
> when they read it.
>
> 2. No one bothers to read garbage flame mail,
> including myself.
>
> Linux is still new to many companies. It has
> taken a lot of time to get the current list of
> companies to support it, and it will take much
> more time to finish the job. If everyone wrote
> a good, courteous e-mail to Adaptec, each one
> containing a good business reason for them to
> support Linux, someone in the company would start
> to notice. Otherwise, all they're going to notice
> is the flood of flame mail from Linux users. Who
> wants to support a bunch of jerks?
>
> Persistant positive pressure. The three P's in
> getting things done.
>
>
> That's a little more than my two cents worth.
>
>
> Don Head [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Armisis Aieoln [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 2:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones t
>
>
> heres what i wrote them:
>
>
> Wheres your Linux support???????? WE have banned windows, and you will hear
> from more of us
> with your products and no support for our prefered Operating system.
>
> The following email below has been posted to thousands of Linux users
> worldwide.
> and expect many many more to post to you about this issue..
> Microcrap is just that... No wonder the judge ruled against them.
>
> dave
>
> > http://www.adaptec.com/adaptec/contact/csfeedback.html
> >
> > tell them how you feel!
> >
> > -John
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > See this
> > > http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/latest.epl#5
> > >
> > > Adaptec apparently is of the opinion that linux does not form a
> > significant
> > > portion of their market. This is typical behavior and is why most
> Adaptec
> > > controllers have to be reverse engineered if supported at all.
> > >
> > > All I can say is that my SCSI and SCSI RAID controllers are Advansys or
> > other
> > > brands, never Adaptec and for the same reason.
> > >
> > > Civileme
> > >
> > >
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> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > http://www.adaptec.com/adaptec/contact/csfeedback.html
> >
> > tell them how you feel!
> >
> > -John
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > See this
> > > http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/latest.epl#5
> > >
> > > Adaptec apparently is of the opinion that linux does not form a
> > significant
> > > portion of their market. This is typical behavior and is why most
> Adaptec
> > > controllers have to be reverse engineered if supported at all.
> > >
> > > All I can say is that my SCSI and SCSI RAID controllers are Advansys or
> > other
> > > brands, never Adaptec and for the same reason.
> > >
> > > Civileme
> > >
> > >
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