On Monday 01-31-2005 12:09, Lan Barnes wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 09:46:57PM -0800, Tracy R Reed wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 09:30:12PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thusly: > > > Whoa! Heretical! Old systems are the best! Homegrown > > > firewalls, log servers, DMZs, honeypots....the list is endless! :) > > > > They also have a tendency to turn into unreliable frankenbox nightmares > > too. Maybe ok for home use depending on what your time is worth and > > whether you need the learning experience or not. > > One of my lessons learned is when to just buy it :-(
Certainly when you are setting it up for someone else to use. Friend of a friend, Neighbor, Grandma... you become defacto tech support. For myself, no problem, but I'd rather not troubleshoot hardware on top of the myriad of issues associated with newbies learning. Do your grandma a favor. Don't saddle her with a 5 year old computer and monitor, especially if she'll be running windows. C.
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