> Livingston must not realize that some of us actually foolishly have in
> the past believed your press releases and since our customers are asking
> when we'll support 56k and you say your shipping the cards we tell them
> within the next 2-4 weeks which seemed like a reasonable estimate.
>
> I've seen numerous times on this list how Livingston doesn't like to
> announce things prematurely because they want to get things right the
> first time. This is just pr/marketing bull s**t.
>
> If the cards aren't shipping and you are true to your word, you should
> remove the false statements (from the press release) from your web page
> and post a correction. Otherwise your just like all the other companies
> out there who stretch the truth.
>
> I definately don't have the respect for livingston that I used to.
> --
I wrote a letter similar, maybe stronger :), about this, and I was
informed that this didn't belong on the list. They were correct in that,
but the only way to prevent this from happening is to acknowledge the
modems are not shipping and quit treating us like we are mushrooms.(aka
kept in the dark and fed bullsh*t)
Later
Kelley