[ILUG] Naive ADSL/WiFi questions (long (sorry!))?

[Josh Glover]

On 22/06/07, Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:

> On Thu 21 Jun 2007, Rory Byrne wrote:
>
> > Tim, I'm afraid you're off mark here. Please re-read what Paul said.
> > It's perfectly fine that you have a dependency on Windows.
>
> This is like saying I'm dependent on corn-plasters
> because I keep them in the bath-room in case I cut myself.
> Or I'm dependent on car-jacks because I keep one in the boot.

But what you are saying is that you cannot imagine why anyone would
not keep corn-plasters about, when some of us are perfectly happy with
Band-Aids.

Moreover, some of us have not purchased corn-plasters, and have no
plans to do so, because our needs are already served; why should we
either:
a) run to the pharmacy and buy corn-plasters for something trivial and
useless, or
b) steal some corn-plasters for something trivial and useless.

Please note that all of us do not buy PCs with Windows pre-installed;
because we do not want to pay the extra USD 100 / EUR 75 / JPY 20,000
for software we do not have a use for.

There is no need for this thread to continue; methinks your
protestations of zealotry smack a bit of defensiveness, and no-one is
judging you for using Windows. Just don't judge us for not.

-- 
Cheers,
Josh