Very interesting, John. Is that article from CR available online? By the way, I responded to a customer satisfaction survey from HP. They never got back to me! David Grossman > -----Original Message----- > From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of bofak@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:19 AM > To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP? > > > To backtrack a little, Consumer Reports magazine, for what it's worth, > gives HP the lowest rating of all the manufacturers for customer support. > See the feature on computers in the September issue. Apple gets best > rating. But HP have the most attractive prices and value for money. > > As for keeping the jobs at home, the "native" workforce have priced > themselves out of the picture. If there are people at home who would kill > for a job, nobody's stopping them from applying. > > John > > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: David Grossman dgrossman@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:19:00 +0300 > To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Should I re-install Windows XP? > > > > But > > in your case, if one is calling from Israel, then they should > > not only have people than can easily speak and comprehend > > English, but Hebrew as well. (And you can transpose > > "homeless American vets" to "homeless Israeli vets" in your > > case ;-), and they'd be getting the work. FAIK you don't have > > that kind of problem over there, it's bad here). > > <snip> > > > I'm going off on > > a tangent here, because FAIK most Israelis speak English > > <snip> > > > -Clint > > > > God Bless > > > You mean that dot-IL ending in my address means Israel? The guys kept > telling me that IL stood for Illinois. I was wondering why everybody here > talks from right to left :-) > > Actually, Clint, my own English does not represent that of the typical > Israeli. Some people in Israel speak English as a second > language, and they > can (sort of) manage with tourists. However, their written English is > usually on the rudimentary level of HP tech support. > > David Grossman No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.9/1634 - Release Date: 8/25/2008 8:48 PM ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-