[Info-vax] OT: The New Face of HP

[seasoned_geek]

On Oct 17, 10:12 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> seasoned_geek wrote:
> > I have instructed HP management to post an official reply here.
>
> You instructed HP management?
>
> Impressive.
>
Arne, Arne, Arne, Arne,

Hopefully healthcare will improve in your country and you will once
again be on your meds.

I have instructed the HP management which contacted me to post an
official reply here.  I certainly do not wish to cut and paste their
email to me here since that would be an ethical breach.


> > Despite his claims, Mr. Vouters has not been an HP employee for the
> > past 6 months...at least according to the HP management people who
> > contacted me.
>
> Hm.
>
> But your complaint is that he asked you to open a call at
> HP and ask him to be assigned to the call?
>
> My guess would be that it is impossible for the call
> dispatcher to assign a non employee to a task!
>
Most likely not impossible.  Back when DEC was still in business, I
worked a couple of contracts for them.  I was never an employee of
theirs or the consulting firm, but even after I had left the contract
during a slow period things got assigned to me for when I came back.
A more educated guess would be that the "responsibility database" has
only active and deactive as a status flag on the record.  In the case
of when someone is fired for cause they probably physically delete.

While HP is a different company, the "services" system is probably
much the same software/design.

>
> > Despite what our non-U.S. list posters wish to believe, in the USA it
> > is illegal to be a volunteer person and direct support requests to
> > paid services.
>
> Care to provide a link to the specific law and paragraph?
>

I could, but clearly, given your responses in this thread, you
wouldn't be able to read it.