Oh you mean the "DEC Sales PREVENTION Force" don't you.
It's worse since Compaq bought them. My boss has been trying to lease a
large server from them, and they have be farting around for several months.
He's been through several sales people.
He lost it the sixth time they asked him to fax a copy of all his license
certificates. He wishes he could make a "KO" call :) and get some butt
kicked.
Neil Johnson
-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Limpert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:38 AM
Subject: CDR: Re: Neo-Cypherpunks and calls for privacy regulations
>on 2000-02-14 12:23, Tim May at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> * the desire for a profit almost always wins out over the desire to
collect
>> customer information: if a business has a choice between collecting some
>> customer info or completing a sale, it will take the sale every time.
>> (Unless other factors, such as government requirements, intervene...)
>
>Don't underestimate the effects of bureaucracy and "policy". Corporations
>and their minions do not always behave in a rational fashion. Sometimes
even
>waving money in front of their face isn't sufficient. Ask anybody who has
>dealt with DEC sales engineers.
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