>The OP needs to run Windows, so let's help him to do it. Not slam an >OS because it's not the one we use. I have said this before and I will >say it again, just to remind you, I don't give a rat's ass about which OS >I'm running as long as it does the job for the application.
The poster is a Mac user about to experience a very different computing environment. Every time I see this happen the result is a very distressed computer user. My experience is that the best way to ease the pain is to tell them about the birds and the bees right away. Your attack is unwarrented and impolite. As to not caring about what OS others may be running, that is foolish because running a defective, insecure OS degrades the computing environment for everyone. If your neighbor is running a crack house everyone should make it their business to do something about it, it is not their "property right" to do so. I refer you to this post from a month ago: >Subject: [CGUYS] Link Time: Vista's problems >Sent: 3/23/07 5:43 AM >From: Snyder, Mark, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The Inquirer posted "The problems with Vista laid bare... >http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38419 This story is long, specific, and detailed. Not spouting ideology. "Security." "There's no way around it. Windows is a security nightmare. The reason we all get thousands of spams, the reason that we have to run virus and anti-spyware checkers that slow our high-power electricity-guzzling scalding-hot PCs down to the speed of the ones they replaced, the reason that the whole Internet is bogged down with sending all those spams, the reason that criminals hold websites to ransom for millions of dollars a year: it is all Windows' fault." ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
