Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help

On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 07:41 -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Wouldn't it be more appropriate if the FBI told people
the phone  
> number to Micr0$0ft?

It would lighten the load on the ISPs, but would it really
achieve
anything worthwhile? 

-Jim P.

On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:03 AM, Jim Popovitch wrote:

>
> On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 07:41 -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be more appropriate if the FBI told
people the phone
>> number to Micr0$0ft?
>
> It would lighten the load on the ISPs, but would it
really achieve
> anything worthwhile?
>
> -Jim P.

It would place more of the burden on the source of the
problem.
Hopefully, it would also allow Micr0$0ft to assist the
people
unfortunate enough to have purchased their products
overcome
the problems created by that decision, but, that might be
asking
too much.

Owen