From: Gary Wiltshire 

Total control?  Go back to PCDOS.

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 19:54:25 -0400, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>Wanting total control over a machine does not imply a requirement of a
>Windows exit plan.
>
>Wanting total control implies knowing that you don't have total control,
>accepting that you don't have total control, and moving on.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:ea0egvkmoe68o2u38ja04683nrkq31amqp{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> I am in the process of doing the same thing (as is the comapny I work
>> for, btw).  My Windows usage is being minimized to only the things I need
>> Windows for (which is surprisingly few things), or things that are a bit
>> painful or expensive to migrate just yet (i.e. Quicken).
>>
>> I'm really interested to hear EllenK's answer to my question, though.
>> :-)
>>
>>  /m
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:32:16 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote:
>>
>> >If I make the decision, in 2 months we would only have 4 NT machines and
>3
>> >of those would be desktops. Total cost, labor plus the cross platform
>> >conversion cost to the unix version of NTmail.
>> >
>> >I learned to think in terms of keeping maximum options open after the
>last
>> >conversion... everything is designed with that in mind.
>> >
>> >Geo.
>> >
>> >"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>> >news:7hmdgv4qge0ievu1tojueu7limjccp4h2s{at}4ax.com...
>> >>
>> >> Then why don't you have an exit plan to discontinue using Windows?
>> >>
>> >>  /m
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 15:06:44 -0700, Ellen K.
>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I feel exactly the same way.
>> >> >
>> >> >On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:08:46 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote in
>> >> >message :
>> >> >
>> >> >>I have a feature request now, I want a switch
that tells NT not to
>talk
>> >to
>> >> >>anyone unless I request it. IE, an easy way to
turn ALL these phone
>home
>> >> >>technologies OFF. I will decide what is or is not
needed on my
>computer,
>> >I
>> >> >>do not want nor do I need help with this. I WANT
TOTAL CONTROL OVER
>MY
>> >> >>COMPUTER DAMMIT.
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

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