From: /m 

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 06:15:53 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>news:44ac6ee2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> George, didn't you know that the goal is now to just sell people new
>> computers when they break or get malware installed?
>
>I would expect a goal like that from business majors but not from major
>geeks. The flaw to that type of thinking is that if people buy a computer
>and software together, then what is there to stop them from just up and
>moving to another platform at the drop of a hat? I mean backwards
>compatibility wouldn't exist in that world, users biggest concern would be
>"is there a code for my remote control?"..
>
>I would think both Intel and Microsoft should be afraid of exactly this
>situation.

My sister-in-law uses her PC for two things:  web browsing and Kodak's Easy
Share photo software.  She uses Yahoo for email (web-based) due to all the
trojan and spyware problems she had when she was using Outlook Express and
her ISP's POP3 service (her ISP actually shut down her email at one point).

I'm actually thinking of switching her away from Windows the next time I
upgrade her PC.   Interesting aspect is that, as you touch upon, she
won't notice the difference.

 /m

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