In a message of BRUCE WILSON (1:3603/140) writes:
BW> People make what turn out to be unwarranted assumptions all the
BW> time, especially when the "come-on" is in big, bold letters and the
BW> limitations/restrictions are "in the fine print."
The BIG print giveth, the small print taketh away
BW> (In the same
BW> vein, _I_ knew what people I saw buying the Winmodems were getting,
BW> but wondered if _they_ realized the things would _only_ work under
BW> Windows.)
I have to wonder sometimes if those folks would appreciate a little advice
from other than one of the sales weasels. I was killing some time in our
local Office Max last night and saw/heard a couple of folks being given the
sales hype for a 56K modem. I had to get out of earshot to prevent myself
from jumping in... talk about bum information...
Gene Lowry
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