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Re: Windows updates and dial up users

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Sep 22 11:03:45 2003

To: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:45:13 -0000."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:00:51 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:45:13 -0000, "Stephen J. Wilcox" said:

> Ok then different idea, assuming that we're all agreed its MS's responsibility 
> to ensure users are patched promptly and without extra cost to the end user.

You agree. I agree.  Microsoft doesn't agree, and based on the fact that the user
presumably agreed to the EULA as phrased, the users don't either.

After all, if the users didn't like the current support, they're free to change vendors. ;)


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