> Speaking of BSA and M$abuses, how about emphasizing the fact that MS are > withdrawing WinNT support and forcing you to upgrade your legacy WinNT > systems to WinXP if you want patches against threats like MSBlaster or > SoBig.F?
1) BSA- Whenever I talk to an MS user about the option to work with a system that's free, he says he already has a free system... Frightening buisnesses is also problematic, since Linux appeals firstly to the servers, and if the boss has a stolen server installed, no worker knows about it. Believe me, I know. 2) Security issues- Most people have the following distinction: (a) When you have a security issue in an open software/standard - It's because this kind of software is made by freaks. A friend of mine started a new project, and his programmer made his site with php; When I told him that php is as good as asp, plus it can be seen in any browser, he replied "but php is a language for freeks" (php zo safa shel freekim!). (b) When a security issue rizes on any (or all) MS OS's or software - It's because of those horrible russian hackers (FMO they should be mutilated) that want to destroy computers for fun, and they probably do it because they use Linux and hate MS. By now, we should all be aware that in order to reach more users, the frame has to be m-o-r-e appealing and easy to use. Trying to moralize users just won't work, since it's OK to take a free MS CD from a friend. I guess that there's something very wrong about me talking this way, writing this Email on my pegasus mail program, that runs only on MS98se... Wanted to switch to Mozilla on my Linux partition, but couldn't import/export my past years' messages. Dotan -- Dotan Mazor mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 064 - 432 950 http://dotan.run.to ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
