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RE: MS is vulnerable
From: "Vivien M." <vivienm () dyndns org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:10:49 -0500
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of Jason Lixfeld Sent: January 29, 2004 10:58 AM To: doug () nanog con com Cc: Vivien M.; nanog () merit edu Subject: Re: MS is vulnerableThis is because your mom doesn't want to have to hire a technical consultant to manage her IT infrastructure when all shewants to do isget email pictures of her grandkids.Then yer mom should get a Mac.
And if she's like my mom, she'll be in the aisle in the computer store (well, the big box electronics store, more realistically) and be like "Why should I pay $2000 for this one when I can get 'a computer' for $500?" [1] You can't expect people's mothers to actually know the differences between the different platforms, just like I'm sure that when most people's mothers shop for cars, they can't tell you the advantage of a particular engine type over another. They just end up picking based on price and "ability to meet need", and for most mothers old-enough-to-have-NANOG-posting-kids out there, your $500 eMachines or whatever is more than enough. Expecting them to spend additional money to address a problem they don't understand is an unrealistic expectation. Vivien -- Vivien M. vivienm () dyndns org Assistant System Administrator Dynamic Network Services, Inc. http://www.dyndns.org/
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