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to: Russell Tiedt
from: James Bradley
date: 2006-04-07 19:30:00
subject: modems

Russell Tiedt wrote James Bradley on 04-07-06 16:31

 JB> I learnt it's likely a corporate sociopath mentality, that only wants
 JB> to shortchange the customer to maximize profits. The same company, is
 JB> now presenting a commercial on the TV, that features 'cute' animals,
 JB> doing human like activities. A couple of years ago, I received an
 JB> addressed letter from the same company saying to the effect, "We're
 JB> sorry we spent so much money on cute animal adds, so much that our
 JB> service to our loyal customers has suffered...

 RT> Arn't such letters, akin to addmission of guilt,
 RT> and grounds to sue over there ... :-)

But we are in Canada. Further, I'm positive the gov.MADE them publish this
apology, once the Czar could not contact his daughter at the University one
day. [READ: Hands washed. All done. Strap on, and stick it to 'em again.]
Besides, our per capita lawyer ratio is WAY below that of the US.

 JB> I still have to rely on their infrastructure, but I sure don't have to
 JB> pay them directly any more. Maybe I'm just as guilty for feeding the
 JB> competition, but where I live, the population seems to think that this
 JB> is the prosperous way to go.

 RT> The population also supported MS, and see where
 RT> that has left us ....

Who... You and me?  Don't forget, Apache is regaining (STRONGLY) what other
*NIX lost to NT in the nineties.


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