Eric; I was a CONSULTANT. Have been a CONSULTANT for clients owning DEC/COMPAQ going back almost ten years. I am not a bad person, and I hope you like me. Because I want a chance to hit you over the head with my mail rhet - eric. My experiences with DEC have been spotty, from pretty good to hideously and expensively ineffectual. It's the unpredictability that really kills me. Sounds to me like you are angry about something. I can identify. You see, I hate sh*tty service, too. Oh, I'd call you a name, but I ran out of adjectives. :-) Hook aka a UNSATISFIED Customer Service Victim: COMPAQ. -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Eric: I am a CUSTOMER. Have been a CUSTOMER of Dec/Compaq for more than 20 years. In those 20 years I've ACTUALLY PAID MONEY FOR PRODUCTS. I'm not a lying vendor, nor am I a lying employee. My experiences with DEC/Conpaq have consistently been between good and excellent. Sounds to me like you're having a bad day (month? year?) If you got all of that out of Jon's comment, maybe you should be writing for the Jerry Springer show???? Barb aka a SATISFIED Compaq customer > ---------- > From: Eric D. Pierce[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:17 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: RE: Interesting News.. > > K- > > I apparently made the mistake of thinking that the US constitution > says that there is a right to FREE SPEECH in this friggin country. > > I'm reporting what a reseller is saying about his several years of > experience, and what bugs the daylights out of the people that > ACTUALLY PAY MONEY FOR A PRODUCT (known as "customers" for those that > have never heard the word before). > > Note that the resalescritter was specifically addressing the > headaches reported by CUSTOMERS at sites using service offerings in > the "SUB-enterprise" category. > > Anyone feel free to call me an idiot (HELP), that I'm wrong, or > whatever, but absent the technical merits of a "pro-Compaq" position > having been presented in detail, all I hear is someone acting like a > pissy little fascist. > > My writing wasn't exacty at the level of the Great Bard, but it would > help if people would read a bit more carefully before they barf. > > Speaking of which, I'm sick of all the crap (lying/etc.) from vendors > and their employees and the friends of their employees, and having > them expecting the customers to kiss their a$$es all the time because > they are some big megacorp. > > Of course the good news is that I can now go around telling people > that if they want good services, they should buy IBM since there are > so many a$$holes in the Compaq world. > > brgrds, > ep > > [ via ORACLE-L Digest -- Volume 2001, Number 251] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > From: Kimberly Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 08:16:35 -0700 > > Subject: RE: Interesting News.. > > > > Jon, you need to get some thick skin. My company is destroyed quite > often > > in this list (although it has been a while). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:50 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > Eric: > > > > While I can appreciate that your opinion of the Compaq Services division > > might be less than positive, would you please, for the sake of those who > > actually work for these companies, be a little less dramatic in your > > expression of that opinion. > > > > Jon Walthour > > Oracle Database Administrator > > COMPAQ DBA Team > > Cincinnati, Ohio > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 4:22 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > According to our hardware resalescritter: especially for anything > > below large enterprise level, both HP and Compaq services suck. > > > > so, I guess the objective is to create a new company who services > > suck even more than either individually? > > > > Synergy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > Guy Hammond wrote: > > > > > > > > On the contrary, I'd say this is a godsend for Sun. Compaq made a > mess > > > > of truly epic proportions when they tried to integrate DEC and > Tandem > > > > into their operations. HP did just as badly with Apollo. > > > > ... > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Eric D. Pierce > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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