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Date:      Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:19:03 -0700
From:      Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>
To:        Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: As usual, I disagree.
Message-ID:  <20011130151903.A40291@colnta.acns.ab.ca>
In-Reply-To: <003801c179eb$2cd9ef00$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:05:49PM %2B0100
References:  <15366.58396.746782.116282@guru.mired.org><036901c17949$335163b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15367.35596.70893.123850@guru.mired.org><03fa01c179ac$e85cdba0$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15367.40254.191788.665077@guru.mired.org><040c01c179b0$c01ff790$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15367.44663.511557.67023@guru.mired.org> <003801c179eb$2cd9ef00$0a00000a@atkielski.com>

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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:05:49PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Mike writes:
> 
> > Unix has enough applications to be flexible enough
> > to get the job done.
> 
> Not for the desktop.

Interesting, I've been using it on my desktop for years.

> 
> > That's true for only one of the users I know. For
> > the rest, it only matters if they can download a
> > copy from the net, or get one from a friend.
> 
> Your users must be mostly geeks.  Non-geeks don't know how to download things
> from the Net.

That hasn't really been true for 2-3 years.  Every user I know can
download things from the net... in fact I sometimes wish they would forget!

> 
> > First, you might try VNC instead of pcAnywhere.
> 
> I don't plan to attempt any remote administration of NT if I can avoid it.

You must not have servers on then 18th floor, users on then 12th and your
desk on the 10th :).

-- 
Chad David        davidc@acns.ab.ca
ACNS Inc.         Calgary, Alberta Canada

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