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Re: Held hostage by Adobe for $39.00? A tip that might work for other software too.
Subject:Re: Held hostage by Adobe for $39.00? A tip that might work for other software too. From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:36:52 -0700 (PDT)
> As the sign in the police station's
> towed vehicles department says, "please don't yell
> at the guy behind the
> counter because you're annoyed--he's not the one who
> wrote the law, nor is
> he the one who towed your vehicle". Same applies to
> software company staff.
Well said, Geoff. Two lessons here:
1. People are human, and most of the time, they're
just folowing someone else's policy.
2. Professional mailing lists and online communities
are invaluable means to a solution.
;)
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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
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