On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 10:18:32PM -0600, Karl Denninger wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 11:03:05PM -0500, Doug Hass wrote:
> > Mr. Sasek,
>
> [threat to withhold a $235,000 order deleted]
>
> > I would hope that you would at least have the courtesy and decency to
> > reply to the Portmaster list and to the ISP CEO list with an immediate
> > retraction and apology. I'll be holding that $235,000 order waiting to
> > see what kind of company and people I'm really dealing with at
> > Livingston/Lucent.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Doug Hass
> > Vice President, Skye/net
>
> Don't worry Joe - I think we'll be spending this much during 1998 on new
> Lucent/Livingston hardware precisely because your firm *DOES* have the
> balls to take on people like Jack Rickard in public. In fact, we have
> two new cities in development right now, and as soon as the circuit
> orders are in place you'll be getting our order for the PM3s to outfit
> them.
>
> And oh, by the way, as I'm sure you know we've spent well over twice that
> in 1997 on your products....
>
> Don't change a thing - your posting and position, which IMHO has been
> vindicated over the last 48 hours with Rickard admitting that he has no
> knowledge of and won't publish the central-site hardware info for the
> K56Flex numbers he was calling, and further, that he has in fact
> blackballed you, is all I needed to see.
>
> Standing up to people who use bully pulpits, such as a magazines, to publish
> misleading information is part of your, and anyone else on the marketing end
> of products and services, job.
>
> It earns nothing but admiration from our organization.
>
> Go tell Steve, your boss that while some may threaten you, others will
> just buy more of the best there is on the market.
>
> 'Nuff said.
>
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