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Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)
From: John Osmon <josmon () rigozsaurus com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:34:37 -0600
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 12:03:32PM -0700, Dan Hollis wrote:
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Jeff Shultz, WIllamette Valley Internet wrote:** Reply to message from Drew Weaver <drew.weaver () thenap com> on Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:42:53 -0400
[...notification of the...]
average home Dial-Up users who were infected with various malicious agents (I.e. Nimda, et cetera) and we actually contacted those users, to let them know and again we were met with more hostility.You definitely don't have our customers then. Our usually appreciate being told that their systems are screwed up.He's right. Most customers get defensive/hostile when you tell them there's something wrong with their system.
For what it's worth, our (dial-up and DSL) customers have generally act thankful when contact them about the problems their machines are causing. I guess nothing changes -- the world is full of people. :-)
Current thread:
- RE: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT), (continued)
- RE: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Vivien M. (Apr 19)
- RE: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) David Schwartz (Apr 19)
- RE: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Vivien M. (Apr 19)
- RE: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Vivien M. (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Valdis . Kletnieks (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Scott Weeks (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Gregh (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) John Neiberger (Apr 19)
- RE: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Drew Weaver (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Jeff Shultz, WIllamette Valley Internet (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Dan Hollis (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) John Osmon (Apr 19)
- Responsibility: user or OS? (Re: Microsoft XP SP2) E.B. Dreger (Apr 19)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Alexei Roudnev (Apr 19)
- Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) Sean Donelan (Apr 19)
- Re: Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) Adrian Chadd (Apr 19)
- Re: Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) Alexei Roudnev (Apr 19)
- Re: Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) James Edwards (Apr 20)
- Re: Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) Sean Donelan (Apr 20)
- Re: Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) Alexei Roudnev (Apr 21)
- Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT) Jeff Shultz, WIllamette Valley Internet (Apr 19)
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- Re: Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) Alexei Roudnev (Apr 21)
- Re: Ordering Windows Security Update CD (was Re: Microsoft XP SP2) Dan Hollis (Apr 20)