[TriLUG] Re: broadband option in the Triangle area

ALFRED JOHNSON alfjon at mindspring.com
Mon Aug 30 17:47:34 EDT 2004


That can work too, but what do you say when they want you to go into 
that "Tar pit" associated with all Microsoft software, and especially 
their mail software?? -- Al Johnson.
=====================================
On Aug 28, 2004, at 9:45 PM, Jeff Groves wrote:

> ALFRED JOHNSON wrote:
>> Another thing you might try with these kinds of problems is to tell 
>> them you're running OSX. , preferably the latest version (Apple just 
>> keeps improving and improving OSX  so that most techies can't keep up 
>> unless they're "Mac fanatics" (of which there are not too many). OSX 
>> is still too new for most of those 90 day wonders now manning tech 
>> support. -- Al Johnson.
>> ------------------------------------------------------
> I just lie and tell them, "Yah, I'm running Windows XP"
>
> Kind of like that Dilbert cartoon where he's laying on his couch 
> telling the tech support guy that he's following all of his 
> directions... when he isn't..
>
> Jeff G.
> -- 
> TriLUG mailing list        : 
> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
> TriLUG PGP Keyring         : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
>




More information about the TriLUG mailing list