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Re: [LUG] [Fwd: Web perils advise switch to Macs]

 

On 05/07/06, Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5150508.stm

Ummmm Macs aren't the only option are they? :)

<bbc> What you're forgetting is that Linux is not used by anyone except uber-geeks, and for that reason it's fine to ignore it utterly, even down to using Realplayer for streaming media.</bbc>

No, they're not, but for the average UK tv-license-payer, you mustn't forget that Windows is a part of the computer, as is AOL. A Mac is the only even vaguely applicable alternative for them ("what's this colonel thing?!")
But meh: Mac == BSD == UNIX =~ Linux, so what's the big deal? The point is to leave Windows - for all Sophos cares, we could probably put people on ERNIE-2 dumb terminals...

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