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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.dca.gov.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.Stanford.EDU!usenet From: vladimir@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu (Vladimir Vukicevic) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 25 Mar 1996 02:53:44 GMT Organization: DSG, Stanford University Lines: 17 Message-ID: <VLADIMIR.96Mar24185344@Burner.dsg.stanford.edu> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j3muv$34m@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <4j4mhr$81j@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: burner.dsg.stanford.edu In-reply-to: bmeyer@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au's message of 24 Mar 1996 23:40:43 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13796 comp.os.linux.development.system:20221 comp.os.linux.x:27902 comp.os.linux.hardware:34692 comp.os.linux.setup:47782 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:342 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2840 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2621 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16210 In article <4j4mhr$81j@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> bmeyer@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (Bernd Meyer) writes: > > On a more serious note --- the tone of this reply was definitely out > of place, and I can only imagine that some poor bloke in support gets > dozens of emails asking for linux support, and simply blocks them off. > Maybe a short note to his supervisor would be in order? > I completely agree -- I had actually expected to be forwarded to someone in developer relations, but I couldn't find the address on their web site, and so sent it to tech support. It's entirely possible that this is simply the reply of some tech support person who is merely parroting what his 'support manual' tells him to, and that noone who can actually evaluate the arguments that I stated has even read the message. -- Vladimir -- vladimir@pobox.com