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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Educational pricing
Message-ID: <21837@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 26 Feb 91 21:33:01 GMT
References: <1991Feb22.220221.26504@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>  
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In article <9659.27ca3042@cc.newcastle.edu.au>, birjt@cc.newcastle.edu.au writes:
> In article <1991Feb25.060630.9222@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>> In article <21751@wehi.dn.mu.oz> BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes:
>>>
>>>This whole thing disapoints me. It was clear HD was doing _something_.

Rant rant rant...

>>>My own workplace is sticken by a plague of petty administrative fluff. 
>>>In my view, someone who does nothing should earn nothing.
>>>
>> 	If your guesses were right, I'd be angry too, however I
>> believe you are totally off base. He has had less than a month in
>> his position within education. Because ONE dealer somewhere said
>> that the new price list was cancelled (which it is not) everyone

Soap box preach, preach preach ;-)

>> 	There is a problem. Paul Calkin is taking a different
>> direction to running the company than did Howard Diamond. It is
>> as simple as that. To insult a person and to accuse him
>> (essentially) of incompetency and to imply that he should be
>> fired after only about 3 weeks is ridiculous, especially
>> considering that you (and for the most part I as well) have no
>> idea what goes on behind closed doors.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Although I agree with you that anybody new to a job should be given a 
> fair chance.

I never got one any where I've worked, but I guess I could learn to 
adapt...


> I think it is appropriate, here, to point out that Alan's
> views are probably biased by C= OZ's well established belief that, quotes
> here coz I think its company policy, "when in doubt shaft the customer".
> 
> What possibly addsto the upset is that we were finally getting prices that 
> could be reasonably compared to those in the US. But, I'm a bloody optomist
> so I will wait and see.
> 
>

And Russel's words need just a little further explanation. For some reason,
C='s policies are VERY dependent on C= USA. If there isn't an ed program
there isn't one here. 

>                       Russell,
>                         BIRJT@cc.newcastle.edu.au
> 
>> 
>> 	BTW, you're in OZ! Whadda you care! 8-)
>

I'm emigrating. 

>          I care! 8~^{

He cares, and he's not even emigrating. See what caring people we are?


>> 
>>>Regards Alan

Regards me again.

>> 
>> 
>> 	-- Ethan
>> 
>> 
>> Q:	What's the definition of a Quayle?
>> 
>> A:	Two right wings and no backbone.

I wish you'd change that. How about something about the Gulf war?


> 
>         We got a Hawke here that acts like a vulture!