Networker

Re: [Networker] Stealing from Peter to feed Paul?

2006-06-14 16:12:48
Subject: Re: [Networker] Stealing from Peter to feed Paul?
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:10:47 -0400
On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:48 PM — 6/14/06, Sackson [US], Mark A. wrote:

When I call EMC for support, almost 10 times out of 10 it is a WEBEX
session. I like the idea of the WEBEX session because it solves the
problem a lot faster.

I try to answer questions when I can, but I do not steal from Peter to
feed Paul.

I find this listsrv VERY VALUABLE to post questions and get responses
from people who are having the same problems I might be experiencing.

Speaking as the maintainer of this list, I thank you for the kind words.

The practice of people calling EMC tech support on behalf of other subscribers who lack an EMC tech support agreement is news to me. No one from EMC has contacted me about that issue. I am not doubting that such things happen though. Such a practice strikes me as unethical and I hope that it stops now on the basis of this conversation.

As for Webex, in all the years I have been dealing with EMC, and Legato before, their tech support engineers have only asked me to open up a Webex session for one incident. That case happened about two weeks ago when I contacted EMC with a plea for help setting up an Exchange cluster for backups. The assistance I received on the basis of that call was top notch! I also like the new tech support web site, but I wish the NetWorker documentation would be readily accessible to anyone without the need to log in.

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