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Road Runner Doesn't Do XP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fringe-OS-platforms-like-unix dept.

PerlStalker writes: "Internet News has an article up that mentions, among other things, that Road Runner (owned primarily by AOL/TW) will not support XP. From the article: 'Road Runner, the second-largest cable Internet service provider (ISP) in the nation with more than 1.4 million subscribers, does not support the controversial new operating system (OS) for its customers and will not support its use on the cable network.'" Note that this doesn't stop customers from connecting to Road Runner from XP systems, but until their staff is trained specifically, Road Runner won't help them with technical problems arising from that combination.

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  1. This may be what they are "publishing"... by FortKnox · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...but my local roadrunner said that they'll do their best to help. They say that if you follow NT instruction, it works fine, and they already have a large userbase of XP users without any problems.

    Linux, on the other hand, isn't supported, and most of their techies have no idea how to help out. Not that its tough (standard DHCP connetion), but the average user would be better off with XP than Linux right now (sorry if that sounds trollish, but I don't think this article is "news". Anything that can hurt MS in the least is being published now-a-days).

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
  2. Dont say XP say 2000. by BrookHarty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Might as well say Windows 2000, its networking is the same. Why put fuel on the fire and tell them your running an unsupported product.

    I dont tell the phone monkeys im running linux, I say yup, running windows, whats the IPs/settings.

    In fact, I have to lie about what browser im running, what OS im running etc... No monoploy, Uh-huh...