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From: wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: how do I find bit-depth of a window?
Summary: apology to MacDTS
Keywords: swamped, black hole
Message-ID: <6809@well.UUCP>
Date: 13 Aug 88 15:03:34 GMT
References: <2127@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <6641@well.UUCP> <15435@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <15435@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@apple.com.UUCP (Ed Tecot) writes:
>In article <6641@well.UUCP> wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann) writes:
>> <..an ill-considered flame at MacDTS..>
>It's not policy.  I don't really know what is going on at MacDTS, but I can
>guess.  As a result of MacWorld, I imageine they are being flooded with
>questions, at a rate much higher than they can handle.  Add to this the fact
>that they also must prepare for the conference, and it seems obvious to me
>that some questions are going to have to wait.  I'd expect that they are
>trying to answer the maximum number of questions they can.

Yes, indeed, they are swamped, and understaffed.  MacDTS has been very 
helpful in the past, and it was only that I had Linked them several questions
and hadn't heard a peep for over a week that caused that gripe.  Imagine
where we'd be without them. 

-Bill