I will take that pepsi challenge... what is at stake ;)

On Nov 1, 2007 4:50 PM, Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> --On Thursday, November 01, 2007 16:42:51 -0500 reepex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 1, 2007 4:34 PM, Nick FitzGerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, today, the average level of clue among Mac users is probably a
> > shade higher than amongst Windows users,
> >
> >
> >
> >   Is this a joke? The reason people switch to macs is because they
> cannot
> > handle simple tasks. Isnt the main thing said by new mac users is 'it
> > just works' meaning 'I couldnt figure out windows' . The main users of
> > macs are liberal arts students and hippies .. and we all know the
> > technical level of these people.
> >
> You apparently haven't been around Macs recently.  *Many* technical
> people,
> *especially* Unix and security admins, have started using Macs because
> they
> provide all the functionality of Unix with a beautiful GUI on top.
>
> Besides, I'll put the technical prowess of a liberal arts major up against
> the technical prowess of a computer science major *any* day, and spot them
> two full months to study.  CS majors can code like monkeys, but they don't
> have a clue how a computer works.  :-)
>
> --
> Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Senior Information Security Analyst
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
>
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