one more on the last comment

Ronald Maggio r.v.maggio at worldnet.att.net
Fri May 17 12:18:01 EDT 2002


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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A title=peter at thecybersource.com href="mailto:peter at thecybersource.com">Cyber 
  Source</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nflug at nflug.org 
  href="mailto:nflug at nflug.org">nflug at nflug.org</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 17, 2002 11:44 AM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: one more on the last 
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  <DIV>-----Forwarded Message----- <BR><FONT size=3><B>From:</FONT></B> Cyber 
  Source &lt;<A href="mailto:peter at cybersource.us">peter at cybersource.us</A>&gt; 
  <BR><FONT size=3><B>To:</FONT></B> <A 
  href="mailto:nflug at nflug.org">nflug at nflug.org</A> <BR><FONT 
  size=3><B>Subject:</FONT></B> Re: one more on the last comment <BR><FONT 
  size=3><B>Date:</FONT></B> 17 May 2002 11:43:29 -0400 <BR><BR>I don't go to 
  CompUSA. It is there for the end-user and whoever may need something right 
  away. The point I am making is that while the masses all drone in line 
  following the ms piper, I have been turning my clients onto what is sometimes 
  not there yet, not understood, sometimes equal and quite often sometimes 
  better alternative. I make an honest living trying to help people in the 
  computer world to see and do more. I'm not here to bash I happen to really 
  like Linux and so do my customers. I'll be the first to voice it. I think ms 
  has enough voices working for it (as well as some unscrupulous practices). 
  <BR>There's my .02 worth :) </DIV>
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  <DIV>I whole heartily agree. As far as the bashing goes, it&nbsp;was general 
  observation not a finger pointing in anyones direction. I think peter the 
  phrase is the (The masses are asses).&nbsp; I do&nbsp;see a place for any OS 
  platform, but its the end users option to give money to M$ or try an 
  alternative. The only one problem I see is that the alternative has a higher 
  learning curve, and without help the aveage end user can't make heads or tails 
  of it. Even though Mandrake has made it easier to get Linux up and running and 
  being able to dial out so on and so forth, but the inner workings are still a 
  mystery to the vast majority raised on DOS/Windows.&nbsp;Also it may or may 
  not be in the near furture more user friendly. Remember Unix/Linux did not get 
  the jump start on the desktop, so the public raised on Windows can't or won't 
  convert or use equally over night.&nbsp;As well from what I've seen and heard 
  over the&nbsp;the years most people don't even know what DOS is or what is 
  does. Again the gas and go user! Well see you all at the meeting:)</DIV>
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  <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Ron</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
  <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG><BR>On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 11:18, 
  Ronald Maggio wrote: </DIV>
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    <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT color=#737373><I>----- Original Message ----- 
      </FONT></I><BR><FONT color=#737373><B><I>From:</FONT></B></I><FONT 
      color=#737373><I> </FONT></I><A 
      href="mailto:peter at thecybersource.com"><I>Cyber Source</I></A> <BR><FONT 
      color=#737373><B><I>To:</FONT></B></I><FONT color=#737373><I> 
      </FONT></I><A href="mailto:nflug at nflug.org"><I>nflug at nflug.org</I></A> 
      <BR><FONT color=#737373><B><I>Sent:</FONT></B></I><FONT color=#737373><I> 
      Friday, May 17, 2002 10:59 AM</FONT></I> <BR><FONT 
      color=#737373><B><I>Subject:</FONT></B></I><FONT color=#737373><I> one 
      more on the last comment</FONT></I> <BR><BR><FONT color=#737373><I>Can you 
      tell me a better/safer platform for online/email use other than Linux? (in 
      the context of virus safety). Thanks to Klez32, I've done approx. 10 Linux 
      installs this week alone :) </FONT></I><BR><BR><BR><FONT 
      color=#737373><FONT size=2><B><I>Its all well and good to state this and 
      that, but go into a CompUSA on a Sunday and see the average end user (gas 
      and go)</FONT></FONT></B></I> <BR><FONT color=#737373><FONT 
      size=2><B><I>All in all I see a lot of self serving going on in the 
      computer world mainly from the people with an&nbsp;advanced level of 
      computer knowledge who fail to see that their view of the computer world 
      is vary small. Industry sales are mainly due to gaming and other computer 
      past times. I don't see it ever changing. So my opinion was stated as a 
      general observation not a look at any particular</FONT></FONT></B></I> 
      <BR><FONT color=#737373><FONT size=2><B><I>segment of the computer 
      world.</FONT></FONT></B></I> <BR><FONT color=#737373><FONT 
      size=3><I>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></I> <BR><FONT color=#737373><FONT 
      size=2><B><I>Ron</FONT></FONT></B></I> 
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