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, :

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. Hi

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 b

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

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

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

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 wr