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Every time one of these things go around I can count on my billing to go up. Heck, I'm still getting calls for Blaster infections. lol. Cha-ching!

I should be more grateful to M$. For the first part of my career I made money installing their products. Then I made money with seemingly never ending upgrades of their products. Lately I've made money fixing their crap, replacing NT boxes with Linux servers, and running OSS tests including OpenOffice and desktop replacements.

The only sucky part is after upgrading a customer to Linux I don't get nearly as many calls. Fortunately there are still vast numbers of Windows machines out there and a new virus-of-the-day coming along all the time. I'm pretty sure I can keep occupied the rest of my time in technology. Stopping to think about it I owe my whole IT career to MS. Thanks, Billy!

Thank you M$ for making insecure, crap products, viewing your customers as a revenue stream, and riding them harder than Seattle Slew. Because if you made good products and treated your customers with respect I'd have to find another line of work. lol.
Posted by: Chad_z   Posted on: 01/19/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Sounds like money  Chad_z | 01/19/04
What Do You Do For A Living ???  nikoli | 01/19/04
Not this time  Chad_z | 01/19/04
Sorry Charlie  nikoli | 01/20/04
I'm Charlie, I'm with YOU, OpenOfc is Crapware  CAJonesIT | 01/20/04
ISA Server is deployed, nothing to fear  Mike Cox | 01/19/04
That's great, Mike!  GraysonPeddie | 01/19/04
Solution: more intelligent users  d_jedi | 01/19/04
Okay, where are we supposed to get some of those?  KSchaefer | 01/20/04
But the MS shills say there are no associated costs!  jellyclock | 01/19/04
linsux  guitar player | 01/19/04
Apache to the rescue!  spinit | 01/19/04
Why let details get in the way?  nikoli | 01/19/04
Ever hear of servers?  IT_User | 01/19/04
What 30?  doe_z | 01/19/04
Well, actually it is  nikoli | 01/20/04
google stats  middle_road | 01/20/04
80,000... which version?  nikoli | 01/19/04
You heard it folks -- no costs!  X Marks The Spot | 01/19/04
Factor This!  spinit | 01/19/04
Thanks for your kind words and sentiments  FilledOut | 01/19/04
someday this pridiction will be correct  JWatson77 | 01/19/04
You are just instilling fear...  Mike Cox | 01/19/04
Yep  Teran | 01/19/04
I'm So Scared~~~~~~~~~  nikoli | 01/19/04
Learn Something New Every Day  nikoli | 01/19/04
What is easier and more dangerous?  Vily Clay | 01/19/04
What I learned  Fred Fredrickson | 01/19/04
My Point Was  nikoli | 01/20/04
A very nice letter  MuffinMan_z | 01/19/04
Mr MuffinMan  hjtharp | 01/20/04
How Is Linux NOT a Copy Cat  nikoli | 01/20/04

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