It looks like I have an apology to make...
On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, MegaZone wrote:
> Once upon a time Richard Hodges shaped the electrons to say...
> >Are you shipping to (non-beta) Internet Service Providers?
> >That is a YES or NO question. Please answer YES or NO!
>
> Yes.
Ok. Thank you. I saw a lot of posts from people who have not
received anything, and *nothing* from anyone who did.
> >You still have not answered why we are waiting...
>
> How many times do we have to say there was a compatibility problem that
> caused the shipping halt? Have you missed the other posts? Shipping the
> hardware when the state of the software was unknown was seen as pointless.
I thought it was a rumor, rather than official word from Livingston.
> We'd have people shoving cards into chassis with no code to run them. Don't
> think so? Even beta sites did it, despite a note in the boxes saying not to.
Argh. I guess you were pretty unhappy about that.
> So we kept building the hardware.
>
> Now that we have confidence in the code and 3.7 is going through final checks
> we let the cards out the door again. It takes couple of days for cards to
> reach users, so we have some time to get the code out.
I can understand that.
> >Yes, I am calling you a LIAR. The modems are NOT shipping, and you
>
> Now you've gone too far. SCREW YOU! They are shipping. So get stuffed.
> Calling someone a liar when you have your head on backwards. I don't
> think we handled the delay well, we should have said something. But I
> don't tolerate crap like this.
You don't have to take it. I appologize.
> Don't start calling people liars when you don't have a clue what you are
> talking about.
I'm looking for clues. I wasn't getting them. If there are any other
ways I can appologize, kindly let me know.
-Richard
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