From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 28 21: 6:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFE5537B420 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:06:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish ([10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fBT56YR73561; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 06:06:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <024201c19026$9709bf80$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Bob Hall" , "FreeBSD Questions" References: <1009413895.49812ff2Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com> <005901c18e9e$9edcc510$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011227185002.A619@starpower.net> <014701c18f57$14b29860$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011228024744.B1098@starpower.net> <01a801c18f9c$a15050b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011228175531.A575@starpower.net> Subject: Re: Teaching parents UNIX Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 06:06:34 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bob writes: > I know people like that also. They ignore the > broken parts and live with slow, fragmented disks > and up to twenty five active viruses on their > systems. The systems still run, but they limp. It works fine for them, even if it doesn't meet your standards of acceptance. > No maintenance means no OS upgrades, no patches, > no defragging, no running software to scan for > or remove viruses or fix system problems, no > editing the registry, no updating virus signatures > (necessary to keep the system virus free), no > remote maintenance via the LAN by the tech > support people, no hardware upgrades, no > reinstalling corrupted drivers or updating drivers, > no updates to shared dlls, no service packs, > no fixing resource conflicts when new software > is installed, no backups, no hard drive checks, > no updating or using repair tools, no updating or > uninstalling apps, and no reconfiguration to > accommodate the user's changing needs. Yes. And most people couldn't care less. The computer does what they want, and none of the above matters in the least to them; they don't even know what any of it means. That may be unthinkable to you, but they are perfectly happy that way. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message