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From: tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold)
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Subject: Re: Another Legend Passes
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Date: 19 Jul 90 17:09:29 GMT
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Mr. Polymath,

That's an interesting story.  I am surprised you have already replaced
those good old machines.  I had no complaints about them when I had a
Citibank account in NYC.  I didn't like the fact that they were not
networked with the rest of the country's banks, but that may not speak
against the machines themselves.  Is anyone at Citibank addressing this
issue?  I think it's a serious one.

You say that the customers love the new machines.  WHY?  They do the
same thing.  They just have prettier graphics.  The ads on TV were
ridiculous.  Customers say they like the machines because they can do
everything on them: check balances, withdraw, deposit, etc.  Wow.  Just
like the low tech machines invented 20 years ago.  But they make it
sound as if it's an inovation.  Or did I miss something about them?
--
                                        Tom Reingold
                                        tr@samadams.princeton.edu
                                        rutgers!princeton!samadams!tr
                                        201-577-5814
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