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From: Colin Tree
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00

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On 9 May 1997 01:28:33 GMT, mheath@netspace.net.au (Mark Heath) wrote:

~Manfred Bartz (mbartz@werple.net.au) wrote:
~
~: What do you believe in?  What would serve a ``mainstream user''?  Keep
~: in mind that people are not dumb, if they see the merits of something
~
~Oh yes they are... I work with a group of help desk people for an 
~Internet Service provider and some of the questions really make you think 
~that these people shouldn't have computers at all, let alone something 
~like UNIX.
~
~"I attempted to install netscape from your disk and I got a hard disk 
~full error.  You didn't tell me I needed more than 10Meg free on my 
~harddrive when I joined, I want my money back."
~
~This is a REAL example.
~
one techo I used to work with would tell people he was going to 
take back the technology if they couldn't use it properly

another used to say I'm going to take you to the vet to be destroyed

tales and true from the legendary past

Colin

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From: coltree@key.net.au (Colin Tree)
Subject: Re: UK sunday times linux article
Date: 1997/05/13
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