[NBLUG/talk] Who can beat this one......

Dave Sisley dsisley at arczip.com
Fri Jun 25 21:10:30 PDT 2004


On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 08:53:07PM -0700, Mark Street wrote:
> 
> A client wanted me to take a look at their sluggish XP Pro system this 
> weekend.  I usually don't get into XP systems as it makes me nauseated....  
> So I told them I would take a look and examine the patient.
> 
> Hardware seemed to be adequate - AMD 1.3GHz with 256 RAM, Matrox card.  Not 
> bad stuff.
> 
> Well, after the removal of 4650 worms, trojans, file sharers and viri the 
> thing purrs like a kitten......  I kid you not 4650 critters, it was just 
> like a damn tape worm.
> 
> One would think people would get tired of this crap, they don't know any 
> better.  Is there a choice?
> 
> -- 
> Mark Street, RHCE
> http://www.oswizards.com

"choice"?

Did you even mention Linux while you were cleaning out his tape worms?

(nice, icky metaphor by the way.)

-dave.

-- 
Dave Sisley
dsisley at arczip.com
roth-sisley.net




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