OFF: Virus alert (genuine)

[Jon Jarrett]

On Thu, 4 May 2000, JOHN M GRAY wrote:

> That's right, I remember now the MS bullies came to my house and forced me
> to use their products.  Get real, they conduct business like most other
> companies, that's capitalism.

        If I chime in here, and just say, "Yes! So you _do_ see the
problem!" that's just going to cause trouble, isn't it? :-)

> >But why is MS so popular? It has brutally taken over the market and more or
> less
> >forces people to use its software.  It is attacked because of its
> insecurity
> >because the company claims that it is secure, when it's obviously not. This
> is
> >sometimes even the reason why viruses are written in the first place.

        It looks pretty and idiots can use it. You have to be expert to
start with anything else on the market except MacOS. Nobody else is
filling that niche. Means they can make what they like, converting the
drones will be too expensive.

        Me, I use 3.1 because I got it with my 2nd-hand box and it only
breaks once or twice a week. Mostly because of something funny hitting it
from our modem. Or Netscape. The actual OS is pretty durable once you're
very familiar with it.

        95 on the other hand is the biggest and most disgraceful sham
perpetrated on a mass market since <insert your favourite compatible
Blackadder line here>. Yours,
                              Jon

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