RE: [fw-wiz] Annoying pop-ups

From: Gregory Austin (gaustin@rkon.com)
Date: 11/01/02 

To: "R. DuFresne" <dufresne@sysinfo.com>
From: Gregory Austin <gaustin@rkon.com>
Date: Fri Nov  1 13:50:28 2002

Ron,

      I tend to agree with you (as I noted), but that doesn't address my
question at all. Are you guys saying that the messenger service is
dangerous/not useful on the LAN? I think I can make a better argument for
some core network functionality being turned on by default than you guys
can for turning everything off. Imagine if everything were turned off by
default, things would definitely be safer--but how bad would that world
suck for the technically dysfunctional you guys are talking about
defending? They'd be safer, but their computers would be paperweights to them.

<rant>
The messenger service is *not* evil. Letting unfiltered Internet traffic
hit your machine *is* stupid. And if you spill hot coffee on yourself,
it's *your* fault you got burned, you clumsy dumb-ass.
</rant>

Greg

P.S. I out-right despise MS, in case I wasn't clear about that in my
message--but I'd like to beat on them for the things they're actually
guilty of (and their sins are legion).

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Greg is, among other things, a moron.
Anything he has said above is solely his
own opinion, not that of his employer.
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