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In article <ti0$lVAM7Qv4EwGf@scout.demon.co.uk>, Chris Wilkinson
<chris@scout.demon.co.uk> wrote
>In article <1suegPAz7Ev4EwF1@thehulls.demon.co.uk>, Robert Hull
><Robert@thehulls.demon.co.uk> writes
>>No, but your contribution allowed the interpretation that you expected
>>Demon to support W2000, rather than just to support IP connections that
>>have the misfortune to be made via W2000.
>
>I might be wrong here but the dial up accounts are a domestic and small
>business product where Windows 3.1, 95 and 98 are common.  Demon has
>supported these OS.

Again, I dispute that. Demon has always supported people's use of many
OS's _in so far as it relates to IP connections to Demon Internet_

AFAIAA they have *never* supported the OS's - shite even Mircosoft don't
do that, so why should your ISP do Mircosoft's job for them ?
>
>If you were a business user requiring a different product in which you
>would probably find a Network running on NT4 or W2000 then you should
>expect some support there. 

You can expect and find support for questions relating to IP connections
whether you are an individual or an organisation. But *why* the fsck
does everyone keep on asking Demon to support the OS, rather than the IP
connections made under the OS ?

> If Demon is not willing to support it then
>find an ISP which is prepared to do so.

Good luck finding any ISP who is willing to do Mircosoft's job for them
>
>I realise the situation is getting blurred.  

Only by people who don't seem to understand that it is Bill Gate's job
to support his OS - not and ISPs job.

>Small businesses now have
>networks and even home users are using NT4 and W2000 so perhaps it is
>about time that Demon (which still charges for its dial up accounts and
>charges for telephone calls) should progress to wider support.

I would oppose that implacably. Leave Demon to do the job of supporting
IP connections. If you want support with using an OS go out and buy a
book - you sure as hell won't get it from Mircosoft.
>
>It would suit me as I run W2000 server and have had no problems with
>using Windows dial up and Turnpike.

So what support are you personally looking to your ISP to provide with
respect to your other use of Windoze ? You might find it in one of the
comp.os.* newsgroups
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