One thing that needs to be mentioned is that a large number of IT companies make money
because MS is so insecure.
Think of it.
MS makes money from the products and Licenses.
Then you have to buy more products and licenses to make the MS product "safer"
But it is not really safe, so you have to stay on your toes to ward off new threats or
buy more software that will check for you!
Then think of the support costs because machines go down or the Internet connection is
turned off, etc, etc.
The real kick in the teeth is everyone loves to complain, but when you suggest an
alternative, it is rejected.
I know lots of network administrators who know a lot less than they should. These
people will never recommend anything other than windows or they would lose their jobs.
On the other hand, I do pretty well supporting these "network administrators" so that
brings me back to the beginning of this post.
:)
Regards,
Wil McGilvery
Manager, Digital Media
Lynch Technologies Inc.
416-744-7191
1-888-622-3729
416-744-0406 FAX
www.lynchdigital.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:32 AM
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Subject: Re: fighting the worm (enough of this already)
Would vote a conditional yes. Not so much desktop users as server administrators. By
now they have to be getting pretty fed up with complaints from clients
bothered by Microsoft worm of the week shut/slow downs.
Wil McGilvery wrote:
> I vote no, because they don't believe there is any alternative. A lot of these
>people don't know that much about their computer and Linux/Unix terrifies them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chang
> Sent: Wed 9/19/2001 9:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: fighting the worm (enough of this already)
>
> no way. worms would merely lure more users to pay more to microsoft so
> that she could solve their problems, kind of a "negative" feedback loop.
>
> >Let's take a vote. Does anyone think that current users of windows products
> >(server or browser) will switch because of this latest worm?
> >I vote no, because if they didn't switch after the last worm, they don't
> >have the brains or time to make a switch.
> >
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