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

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:42:04 -0700
"Scott Weeks" <surfermauigateway.com> wrote:
> You're kidding, right?  Have you ever called an ISP to
report a
> technical problem that has nothing to do with your
computer or even
> your connection to them, say a reverse DNS issue?  If
you tell them
> that you run Unix they just ask you to run IE anyway. 
If you don't run
> Windows they won't help you.  That's a pretty clear
message.
>
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> No I've never heard of that except, possibly, from
non-clued phone monkeys.  It's easy to get past them to more
clued folks, though...

For anyone on this list I'm sure but the fact is that the
great
unwashed are told that only Windows is supported.  In fact
it's
probably a factor in why we often tell friends to just use
WinBlows so
that someone else can support them.

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