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Re: OT: If you thought Y2K was bad, wait until cyber-security hits


From: Scott Francis <darkuncle () darkuncle net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:14:45 -0700

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 10:00:44AM -0700, alan_r1 () corp earthlink net said:

(shooting self in foot...)

Just eliminate tech support and proprietary software! "A list of our
settings is available at www.domain.com/settings. And don't call us with
tech problems. We don't do tech support."

I know of at least one ISP out there already doing this. Not that they're
highly successful, but imagine not having to tell someone, "Yes, your
username and password are case sensitive and must be spelled exactly as
supplied. And it's .net, not .com" ever again.

http://www.flex.com/

Unfortunately, it looks like they took down the hate mail page, which was
hysterical. *sigh* They target clueful users only, and seem to be getting by
just fine. http://www.flex.com/adsl/ has a bit more of the "intelligent users
only" pitch.
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