On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 11:01:49AM CDT, Michael Winter <winter at mac.com> wrote: : : On Jul 17, 2005, at 7:01 AM, Joe Grande wrote: : : >People are now throwing away their PC's rather than ridding them of : >viruses and spyware. : : And if they buy a new PC, they'll be in the same boat in a week or two. : : Am I the only one who thinks this is a really stupid thing to do? : Wonder if he junks his car when it needs an oil change and buys a new : one. : : Even if you are a PC/Windows user, this is wrong on so many levels. : Not only does it not solve the problem, it rewards the companies that : didn't create a quality product to begin with, by buying more of the : same. Not to mention the material waste. Why will M$ never fix Windoze? Because there's no money in the cure. Everyone makes money by treating the symptoms. -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/