And while you're at it, fire all of your mildly competent users who can at least maneuver around in an MS environment and find replacements for all of them who can produce results in a gnome/kde gui. Sometimes it's the little differences that confuse the masses.
While having lived in a mom/pop shop rich area for quite some time, one of the MAJOR lacks I found was that in ALL of the shops the guy behind the counter (whether knowledgeable or not) was your typical GEEK!!! Completely devoid of social skills and or personality.
Yes, I understand that those of us who want to run shops like this are typically that way, but to have enough understanding that we don't all necessarily LIKE each other and that the more personal, bubbly service counter/warehouse person just my be the bright spot in our day seems like a lost concept. Of course actually just having a FEMALE behind the counter would be a big draw as well. . ..
My point is this, in an area with several choices and all components being within a few dollars of each other, I will go to the place where someone does more than grunt when I walk up to the counter.
/rant
and if I may be so bold, the two places on the west side I'm thinking of are Pace Computers and ENU.
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Only the information you put into it. GIGO. Besides, like any new technology, what's your profile gonna say anyway? SWM, 24 . . . .
Seems that you have to in some sense anyway . . . . I mean farmer Joe out in Nebraska most likely doesn't have DSL.
And while you're at it, fire all of your mildly competent users who can at least maneuver around in an MS environment and find replacements for all of them who can produce results in a gnome/kde gui. Sometimes it's the little differences that confuse the masses.
Actually, going public was probably the only thing that kept them from just disappearing.
While having lived in a mom/pop shop rich area for quite some time, one of the MAJOR lacks I found was that in ALL of the shops the guy behind the counter (whether knowledgeable or not) was your typical GEEK!!! Completely devoid of social skills and or personality.
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Yes, I understand that those of us who want to run shops like this are typically that way, but to have enough understanding that we don't all necessarily LIKE each other and that the more personal, bubbly service counter/warehouse person just my be the bright spot in our day seems like a lost concept. Of course actually just having a FEMALE behind the counter would be a big draw as well. . .
My point is this, in an area with several choices and all components being within a few dollars of each other, I will go to the place where someone does more than grunt when I walk up to the counter.
/rant
and if I may be so bold, the two places on the west side I'm thinking of are Pace Computers and ENU.