Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-05 Thread richard
Allen Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wrote a e-mail to gateway2000's tech support team asking them if Linux was compatible with my Promise Ultra 33 here is an EXACT copy of what was returned: Hello Allen, Thanks for your message. Unfortunatly, Linus has not been tested on any system

Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-05 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
Allen Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wrote a e-mail to gateway2000's tech support team asking them if Linux was compatible with my Promise Ultra 33 here is an EXACT copy of what was returned: Hello Allen, Thanks for your message. Unfortunatly, Linus has not been tested on any

Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-05 Thread Matthew Tebbens
The one thing I like about Micron is that they have more options to pick from. I can almost pick all the hardware that will work with Linux. With Gateway I don't like the video cards, and sound cards they offer... I would probably buy from Micron in the future. On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Robert D.

Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: : Allen Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : I wrote a e-mail to gateway2000's tech support team asking them if Linux : was compatible with my Promise Ultra 33 here is an EXACT copy of what was : returned: : : Hello Allen, : : Thanks

Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-04 Thread ioannis
An innocent mistake made by a rep who supports Windows. Funny that you mention, you just reminded me a post on usenet few years ago by a linux user who wrote this on the Subject line: Help! How do I download Linus On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 09:53:13PM -0700, Allen Burns wrote: I

Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-04 Thread Wintermute
Fuzzy wrote: On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Allen Burns wrote: Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 21:53:13 -0700 From: Allen Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wrote a e-mail to gateway2000's tech support team asking them if Linux was compatible with my Promise Ultra 33 here is an EXACT copy of what was

Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-04 Thread Wintermute
George Bonser wrote: Notice the 'Linus' ?? What the h*ll was he somking? Crack? -- Look, they are operating under very tight margins. They can not go around hiring COMPETANT people or they would soon eat up all of their profits by PAYING them. Ask them why they do not