[plug] 3 Year Warranty

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Onno Benschop
> Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2004 5:16 AM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: RE: [plug] 3 Year Warranty
> 
> On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 22:04, Craig Foster wrote:
> > Taken Off-List
> 
> Not quite sure why this was "taken off-list", seeing as I 
> wanted some debate about the subject.

When discussing a company online, escpecially when there's complaints or
other bad stuff that can come up, I'd prefer it not to be public / google
searchable :) But that's just me...
 
> While I concede that my question about United Electrical 
> Engineering wasn't directly about Linux, there are many 
> people on this list who either build computers or buy 
> computers for others and I suspect generally provide support 
> for a wider population.
> 
> So far I've had three responses and the most telling of all 
> is that "the market  leader in the field of computer warranty 
> and maintenance programs" does not seem to have any profile 
> with people who would from my perspective be familiar with 
> what they do.

I suppose that's because they don't have a presence in WA as such, as most
customers are part of a larger organisation that has dealt UE
 
> So, please feel free to ignore my posting, but if you do have 
> a contribution to make, please either mail me directly if you 
> do not wish to break any confidentiality here, or send a 
> message to the list and engender some debate.

I e-mailed you direct (off-list)

> Also, for those contemplating the meaning of life, why not 
> substitute single quotes for the double quotes and see if the 
> meaning changes,
> thus:
> 
> 	$ whatis 'the meaning of life' | wc -c

No changes, sorry.
 
> Cheers,
> 
> Onno Benschop 
<snip>

Regards,

CraigF.