Again.. I said USEABLE, not Legal (insurance, tags, tax sticker). Having worked in a service station, way back when full service wasn't just for people with handicap plates, you would be surprised at how many "almost flat" tires came in, cars running without (a lot of) coolant, oil that didn't touch the stick, etc.
We train (try to, anyway) people about their cars "The Shell Answer Man", driver's education (in and out of high school), and general circulation magazines out the youhoo that tell people about proper car maintenance. When was the last time you saw an article about personal firewalls or computer virus protection in Cosmo magazine? [The last article on virus protection I saw there talked a lot about latex.] John Matteson; Exchange Manager Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards (404) 239 - 2981 Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true. -- Buddha -----Original Message----- From: Akerlund, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:34 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Badtrans and SirCam Well you have to look at this in the entire perspective. Taking the spin on your analogy. To be honest the car and computer are both "useable" of the lot, or out of the box more often than not. However most people don't drive the car without..... Insurance (incase of accidents)recurring cost here. Checking the Tires from time to time Checking the OIL, and other fluids.. Wipers, Brakes, Tune ups? All on-going maintenance to be safe and have trouble free operations as much as possible. The virus scanner, personal firewall, and such for the computers are basically the same thing in our current world. Don't you think? -----Original Message----- From: John Matteson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:27 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Badtrans and SirCam Boy can I identify with that. And to some extent, it is understandable. When a user goes out and buys a car, other than for tags, they really don't have to go anywhere else or purchase anything else to make it usable or safe. Everything needed to make it usable is included when you take delivery. It's rather hard to explain just WHY they need a personal firewall, virus protection and a set of system utilities if it's "just for home/kid/fun" use. John Matteson; Exchange Manager Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards (404) 239 - 2981 Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true. -- Buddha -----Original Message----- From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:17 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Badtrans and SirCam I had fun explaining to a naive-user in the weekend why antivirus software was essential. "If it is that essential, why doesn't it come with Windows XP?" Phil --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > p.s. I do part time Internet consulting with a U.S. ISP with > over 130,000 > users, on average I speak to 100 users a weekend with about > 80% expressing > the above attitude. 95% of WinME users express their > frustration. And try > explaining why Windows XP that they just bought needs > 'security updates' > (besides the fact that the Connexant modem that came with the > system, will > only keep them connected for less than 10 minutes.... sheesh _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
