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!00% MS??
What - no software from anyone other than MS?? No firewall(s), anti-virus s/w? Or do you use the pathetic stuff MS dished out as part of their.. ahem.. *cough* *cough* "Security" Updates?

I bet I know why those MCSEs are subjected to "100 total hours of interviews" - they get the privilege of doing a few (dozen) freebie reinstalls of your PCs which are groaning under the weight of a few hundred worms and virii... After all, THAT's th biggest asset of your IT employees - not being able to do a 3-finger salute with one hand (I *hope* you can figure THAT out!); not being able to invoke a Windoze restart with <4 keystrokes, but... being able to get a machine up and .. ahem .. "running" with Windoze inside of half an hour.

Makes me wonder how come any "100% MS infrastructure" shop's anti-MS threat-beater can spare the time from the wonderful, wonderful world of Windoze reinstallation (all those BEATIFUL progress bars! DOZENS of them!) to try and educate the poor unwashed illiterate Linux public..

After all, what do we know? We haven't yet figured out that abandoning Linux to watch the all-powerful MS progress bars copying files to hard disk on our weekly reinstall can induce a powerful hypnotic trance. One that "enlightens" you and opens your.. um.. "mind" to the "truth".. which your MS rep is crooning into your ears in a soft and seductive tone...

Ooohhh no... we've got a LOT to learn.

Rock on, dude! More progress bars to you!
Posted by: eddsouza   Posted on: 04/25/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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