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Old 07-31-03, 06:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Dell's reaction time is funny

Just thought I'd point out what I'm sure a lot of people are thinking. It's quite hilarious that when people on this site found out how to install the PPC2003 rom on a PPC2002 Axim, Dell found out within only a couple of hours and removed the file from their FTP. Yet it took them several weeks to discover a problem with WM2003. Anybody see where their intentions are? Kind of sad really...
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Old 07-31-03, 06:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Maybe they read the forum
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Old 07-31-03, 06:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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[Edited by me].... just realized i misread your post a bit.


But yes, that was a shockingly quick response .

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Old 07-31-03, 06:58 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Dell's reaction time is funny

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Just thought I'd point out what I'm sure a lot of people are thinking. It's quite hilarious that when people on this site found out how to install the PPC2003 rom on a PPC2002 Axim, Dell found out within only a couple of hours and removed the file from their FTP. Yet it took them several weeks to discover a problem with WM2003. Anybody see where their intentions are? Kind of sad really...
Excellent observation Mike... one that will be lost on many.
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Old 07-31-03, 07:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Or even more likely, they've been here all along. They could very well have known about the problem, and maybe they hoped a few dozen hard resets would make the problem just vanish.
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Old 07-31-03, 07:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Well you can't blame them for that mikeo007. It is M$ after all.
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Old 07-31-03, 07:26 PM   #7 (permalink)
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dell removed the patch from one of their FTP servers. not all of them
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Old 07-31-03, 07:39 PM   #8 (permalink)
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well I can't find it in the UK server now.
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Old 07-31-03, 07:40 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The patch screwed up my Ax to the point of un-usability.
I'm restoring the A0-4 ROM now. Hope it works or this puppy's going back. BTW, there was no "cracking" involved. The patch for the A0-5 ROM was readily available on the Dell FTP server with no "issues" mentioned. I guess they rushed it a bit.

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well I can't find it in the UK server now.
keep looking, its on one of the servers
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Old 07-31-03, 08:14 PM   #11 (permalink)
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@mikeo007: you make a good point here... it takes them several weeks to unofficiallly acknowledge a problem, but only a few hours to ack piracy? I wished they'd shown such decisive action when it comes to using WM2k3 in the first place.

@nemattoad: have I missed any of the servers while going through the list? I guess we have to resort to PMs for the details..
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