[ale] [Fwd: New users and laptops shaken, not stirred]

Adrin haswes at mindspring.com
Mon Nov 3 21:35:24 EST 2003



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Philips
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:26 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] [Fwd: New users and laptops shaken, not stirred]
> 
> 
> On Monday 03 November 2003 08:52 pm, Matthew Magee wrote:
> > I had to provide phone support for 30+ sales reps where I worked in
> > Baltimore. More than once, I had to get these people to send me the
> > machines for repair, only to find Napster or BonziBuddy installed.  Oh, and
> > many questionable pictures!  I usually just pulled the sales manager aside
> > and showed him what they had done.  Eventually, I convinced management to
> > have ME approve any software installed on a laptop no matter how trivial. 
> > Shoulda' been done from the get-go, but I really enjoyed my power by saying
> > NO! to them! :-)
> >
> > Why is it these users would never dream of digging around under the hood of
> > their cars, but insist on changing everything in their PC?
> 
> Because you can't customize your car into a tool for downloading dirty 
> pictures. ;-)
> 
Were is the guy with the Honda and his website???

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