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
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nflug at nflug.org
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<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 <<A href="mailto:peter at cybersource.us">peter at cybersource.us</A>>
<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 was general
observation not a finger pointing in anyones direction. I think peter the
phrase is the (The masses are asses). I do 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. 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. As well from what I've seen and heard
over the 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 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> </FONT></FONT></I> <BR><FONT color=#737373><FONT
size=2><B><I>Ron</FONT></FONT></B></I>
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