bil smith wrote:
>   To Whom this may concern:
>    
>   I am writing to you concerning a "customer service" rep of yours. If I 
> remember right, he's Harold Fox from the UK. What he said to my grieving 
> friend this weekend is a firing offense in my company (and throughout most of 
> the US). 
>   
Mr. Smith:

First, we are a group of people, supporting a product produced by a
group of people who are (mostly) not paid by anyone.  This is a concept
called OpenSource.

Second, if I were to fire off a message like mabarr did, you might get a
reply like Mr. FUCHS sent.  Sadly, you cannot get fired for such a
response and I work in the customer service arena.  Mr. FUCHS replied in
a calm manner to someone who had just blasted the product.

Third. There have been other replies to this situation that explained
that there have been no recent changes (and as a QA technician I checked
and found that the reply was correct for the Mac OS X version) to the
method of handling pictures by OpenOffice.org for the Draw and Writer
portion of the program.

Fourth, and this is most important.  You have posted details about this
person that may/may not have bearing on this situation.  I have, on
occasion, also had problems with OpenOffice.org and have also spoken
harshly about the program, but I have NEVER 'gone off' on the members of
this mailing list (that I remember.)  I have apologized for mis-wording
and inappropriate language usage on this list.  I recommend that your
friend do so.  We, out here are VOLUNTEERS, using our time to answer
questions for those who are new, experienced, or anywhere in between in
the use of OpenOffice.org.

Very respectfully,

James McKenzie
QA Lead, Mac OS X American English version.
I am not, nor have ever been an employee of Sun Microsystems, Apple
Computer, and their sales and support associates.  I am a volunteer
supporting the OpenOffice.org OpenSource project and the efforts of many
people to bring this product to the Mac OS X operating system.


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