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Y'all should consider gettin' in the not raisin' hogs business.

just how funny a list of 101 uses for AOL disks really is.
http://www.joke-archives.com/aol/aoldisk.html

Damn shame, kids won't have anything to shove under the front legs of a pinball machine

Linux is only free if you know how to use/maintain it.

And Windows is only $STICKER_PRICE if you know how to use/maintain it. Otherwise, it's much more expensive. So? Whatcherpoint?

the general attitude is "Well, you have the source. FIX IT YOURSELF, LUSER!".

As opposed to the oh-so-helpful Microsoft Support. :)

Granted, the MS "support" may be more polite. Aside from that, I don't see much benefit.

(As a side note, you might want to check out Ubuntu support rather than Gentoo!) :)

The motivation simply isn't there for the developers and project maintainers, because Linux won't feed your kid or put fuel in your Honda.

Except, of course, for the many many many many MANY people for whom it does.

Actually, while I'm picking on some of the more egregious parts of your post, you do raise some valid issues. Support really isn't there for a lot of people yet (although the same can be said for MS). But just like MS, Linux can develop more of its own homegrown support infrastructure--the reason MS isn't a total disaster isn't an 800- phone number that directs to India. The reason is the number of people who more-or-less understand it and help each other. Linux hasn't grown to that point yet, but it's silly to think that it can't or won't. It is, in fact, getting there.

"MS is going to be in the support business big time and needs to find ways to profit from support that are simple, easy and cheap for the end user."

They should outsource some of it to Psychic friends

Having used MS support, I have very limited expectations. Fortunately (no pun intended), there are alternative, more-reliable sources for Microsoft support.

You have no right to be here.

And whether you can hear it or not,

The Universe is laughing behind your back

Wooo hoooh!

From the National Lampoon

Well I'll see your call of BS and raise you a little research:

Microsoft Versus Psychic Friends Network

For those unwilling to read the article, and you really should read it, here's how it breaks down:

1. Both Microsoft and the Psychic Friends Network provided an equivalent level of technical assistance. (0==0)
2. Psychic Friends Network was cheaper.
3. Psychic Friends Network had better customer service. Faster, and much more courteous.

Guess this description of life at MS is true...

deleted that "She's Soooooooo Blonde" joke piece I downloaded this morning! Oh, wait! Here it is!

Have you not herd of buffalo theory?

Are the crap load of Cd's and Floppy the AOL has sent out Worldwide not worse then spam you and filter?!?

http://www.joke-archives.com/aol/aoldisk.html/
http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/martynarnold/armour. htm/
http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/martynarnold/beermat .htm/
http://www.aolmemorabilia.com/qlink.html/



Mmmmmm Beer...,


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"Clutch my testes, bloody squirrel humpers!!"
-Happy Noodle Boy

No one would ever forget Make Penis Fast after reading it. No male that is.

... Beer is the mind-killer ...

You've obviously never heard of Buffalo Theory

Yeah, but it's EnormousHard

I'm sure this hasn't been covered by people who want to make fun of AOL's CD spamming policies. In fact, I'm sure using a major search engine would fail to produce any results