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Re: Is there anything that actually gets users to fix their computers?


From: David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:42:00 -0400 (EDT)


Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:



Short of turning off their network access, why won't users fix
their computers when the computer is infected or needs a patch?

Hey, it's working!  If it ain't broken .... 


And when you DO patch it, then it REALLY breaks. And your paper
is due. Now what does the average Art History major do?

I have to wonder how big the support $$ would be at Farber College
if they really offered the handholding Flounder and Neidermeyer
need? Would it cost as much as the bandwidth?


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