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Article #1055Re: ISPs can easily decrease net abuse
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:37
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:37
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In article <MPG.1a3ae094195c1c7c989ee0@news-server.columbus.rr.com>, Leythos <void@nowhere.com> wrote: > So far, none of the anti-ms people have show any of us how much better > the non-MS products are, or how MS forces you to use inefficient > products. In fact, you've made a case where the power of the products > exceeds what the open-source products by leaps and bounds. While MS doesn't *force* you to do anything, it makes it very easy and attractive to go down that path. It's like a drug dealer: he doesn't have to force people to do anything; they take a sample, enjoy the high, get their friends hooked, and pretty soon you've got the Summer of Love where there are lots of pretty colors, but not much real work going on (but the drug dealers were getting rich). -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Woburn, MA
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c8f2,17f958067a510d3b X-Google-Attributes: gid10c8f2,public X-Google-Thread: ff723,17f958067a510d3b X-Google-Attributes: gidff723,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-06 01:37:30 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!216.166.71.118.MISMATCH!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!attbi_s02.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,can.internet.highspeed Mail-Copies-To: nobody Subject: Re: ISPs can easily decrease net abuse Organization: Looking for work References: <Xns944467F028317jbuserspc9org@130.179.16.24> <Xns9446558235E10nntprogerscom@140.99.99.130> <Xns9446CDDE0630Ejuergennieveler@nieveler.org> <Xns9446EB237E5Anntprogerscom@140.99.99.130> <0AGzb.11949$zf2.1399116@news20.bellglobal.com> <3FCFF6F4.7DB4E310@istop.com> <MPG.1a39cf401fa29f06989ed5@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <3FD0274D.D7EB8D84@istop.com> <MPG.1a3a50def91912e8989ed7@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <bqqc7k$mm0$4@nyheter.ipsec.se> <MPG.1a3a9aeee0483601989ed9@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <bqqn59$qo7$1@nyheter.ipsec.se> <MPG.1a3ab13414753db7989eda@news-server.columbus.rr.com> <3FD10BA1.F73188EB@istop.com> <MPG.1a3ae094195c1c7c989ee0@news-server.columbus.rr.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) X-Copies-To: never Message-ID: <barmar-FF011E.04372906122003@netnews.attbi.com> Lines: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.109.233 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s02 1070703448 24.34.109.233 (Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:37:28 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:37:28 GMT Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:37:28 GMT