On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 08:41 AM, Max Blanco wrote:

Shouldn't we, as taxpayers, invest in linux, and save ourselves and our neighbours $$$ and stress?

I just sent a letter to the Globe and Mail (we'll see what happens) suggesting that exposing Microsoft products to the Internet, and thereby inviting vandals to "have at it", is an abuse of the trust we put in civil servants to manage resources for the good of the taxpayers. (This in reference to a recent article titled, "Blaster Worm hampering power repair.") ........................ Phillip Mills Multi-platform software development (416) 224-0714 -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml