On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:55, Michael Leone wrote:
> > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux bashing again by Intel??
> >
> > or you haven't explained it well enough. You should feel lucky that you
> > have this kind of free community-based support -- you'll never have it in
> > the M$ world. There, you'll have to pay through the nose for tech
> > support. You can
>
> There are free MS support options. There are free newsgroups, hosted by
> a news server at microsoft.com, and readble via any newsreader. And
> there are many free email lists, as well. Both of these are community
> help, augmented (in the case of the newsgroups) by advice from MS
> employees, just the way Mandrake employees monitor this list. Not to
> mention web searching thru MS's Knowledgebase, or on their TechNet site.
>
> Just setting the record straight.
These lists are also heavily censored. I was once having a look at some
messages in an Intel newsgroup when the topic of overclocking was raised.
Intel eventually filtered out all messages with mentions of overclocking. I'm
sure Microsoft would act in a similar way in similar circumstances.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
