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When ordinary users get around to using Linux
Then we'll have some fun. Right now, only technophiles and their family or close associates use it on the desktop and support is close at hand. If or when more desktop Linux boxes do hit it big in the consumer market then it will be Linux fans' time to dig their fingernails into their desks and screech as people download and run rogue programs because an email told them to. I've seen incompetent users FUBAR Macs and they're a whole lot more idiot proof than any Linux desktop system.

At least in the Microsoft world we can always blame Bill & Company for the problems, even if the user, net admin or the programmer caused them. One programmer who used to work for me would always say "Damn Microsoft" whenever one of the hardware drivers he had written would crash. Who do you blame when you mess up stuff in the Linux world?
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Do NOT open unknow attachements  DonB_z | 02/18/04
Better yet: do NOT install Windows! Needless problems precluded!  Bobby Sskcat | 02/18/04
you're not much better (nt)  ryusen | 02/18/04
he is much better  stephen732@... | 02/18/04
maybe we need to require a lecense  JWatson77 | 02/19/04
Let me guess: a Windows virus! Yaaaawwn...  Bobby Sskcat | 02/18/04
Not a WIndows virus, an Outlook virus.  Jomo_z | 02/18/04
Better Yet..  Bobby Sskcat | 02/18/04
Read, Comprehend and Then Post!  ShadeTree | 02/18/04
Ummm..YOU read, comprehend, yada yada!  Bobby Sskcat | 02/18/04
My point exactly  ShadeTree | 02/19/04
I use Mozilla and...  Heatlesssun | 02/18/04
not exactly  stephen732@... | 02/18/04
Coincedence?  Spoon Jabber | 02/18/04
When ordinary users get around to using Linux  jfrankcarr | 02/18/04
Blame  pschroeder@... | 02/18/04
well...  ryusen | 02/18/04
don't fear what you don't know  stephen732@... | 02/18/04
Well, for right now I'm 100% Microsoft.  jfrankcarr | 02/18/04
dont get locked in.  Suicida| | 02/19/04
Blame Bill?  dwest_z | 02/19/04
You're right, not legally, but  jfrankcarr | 02/19/04
Oh puhleeze!!!  Confused by religion | 02/18/04
Also Milly...  The Real Bitch | 02/18/04
So Sad....  middle of nowhere | 02/18/04
So do I, among other systems...  Confused by religion | 02/18/04
Silly "*****", tricks are for kids  Spoon Jabber | 02/18/04
Who writes these things??  FilledOut | 02/18/04
Brave men of noble causes  Bobby Sskcat | 02/18/04
you punk  cookingwithcat | 02/18/04
WTF?!??!?!?! (nt)  ryusen | 02/18/04
A lot of the newer ones are zombie creators  jfrankcarr | 02/18/04
re: Who writes these things??  cookingwithcat | 02/18/04
I'd write a Linux virus but...  Heatlesssun | 02/18/04
Social engineering  Mark Gist | 02/18/04
The problem is...  vferrara | 02/18/04
EX-actly (NT)  pschroeder@... | 02/18/04
Maybe  jfrankcarr | 02/18/04
why would users need this?  ryusen | 02/18/04
Here is a clever one...  The Real Bitch | 02/18/04
Harder to attack  jfrankcarr | 02/18/04
Linux  voska | 02/18/04
Macintosh Security  middle of nowhere | 02/18/04
wishful thinking  cookingwithcat | 02/18/04
What profit?  Spoon Jabber | 02/19/04
I'm no linux expert  skeptic tank | 02/18/04
Im sure it is possible  Suicida| | 02/19/04
Please Go Here...  The Real Bitch | 02/18/04
Funny  skeptic tank | 02/18/04
Sorry, but...  The Real Bitch | 02/18/04
I was talking about the virus happy  skeptic tank | 02/18/04
Evolution...  Confused by religion | 02/18/04
That may be true miss outlook mvp  skeptic tank | 02/18/04
Neither is Outlook...  Confused by religion | 02/19/04
Microsoft's Responsibility ...  cookingwithcat | 02/18/04
Home users are the real battleground  jfrankcarr | 02/18/04
re: Home users are the real battleground  cookingwithcat | 02/18/04
Wasted talent or no ethics?  itguyinde | 02/19/04
Removed double extensions?  Jim Mie | 02/19/04
Windows setting, not Outlook.  jfrankcarr | 02/19/04
ISPs need to stop this stuff  nroose | 02/19/04
RE: ISPs need to stop this stuff  TickedOffSysAdmin | 02/19/04
oh no  V Sanders | 02/20/04
my guess is  V Sanders | 02/20/04

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