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Article #102997Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?
From: a... GRYGUS
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00
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In <3224B0...@apple.com> Pete Spomer <spo...@apple.com> writes: > >I was working for a software manufacturer (email me if you really want >to know which one) in technical support. When customers called up for a >replacement disk, we would usually ask them their name & the serial >number and then look them up in the database. If they were there, we'd >send a replacement. If they weren't listed, we'd ask them to send their >copy of our software. Sure enough, one customer that I spoke with faxed >me a photocopy of the disk. What's unusual about that? I have been required to send photocopys of the disks by both Novell and SCO when ordering upgrades. Several other companies too, but I don't remember them by name. Andrew Grygus - California Republic ------------------------------------- Resist Microsoft!
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From: a...@ix.netcom.com(ANDREW GRYGUS ) Subject: Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL? Date: 1996/08/29 Message-ID: <503eo3$fgc@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 177073464 references: <4vf2rs$f6s@paperboy.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> <32210B78.20E2@mcs.net> <4vsa8v$ctp@news.usit.net> <4vsg0a$pr4@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <4vvdb4$6a@lex.zippo.com> <3224B0C1.4A1B@apple.com> organization: Netcom x-netcom-date: Thu Aug 29 1:52:51 AM CDT 1996 newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.folklore.computers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit