vision2020
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
[Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index] [Subject Index]

Re: viruses coming through Vision2020



With your respective animosities against viruses, I don't see how _either_ of 
you can claim pluralism.

On Wednesday 05 June 2002 14:52, Tom Lamar wrote:
> Duncan,
>
> I suggest that your interpretation of who is "fanatical" and who is
> "pluralistic" is reversed.  Its just that society assumes "IBM/Microsoft",
> just like society assumes "straight/white/male".  Those of us not in the
> "norm" have to ask about mac, or simply remind people that we exist.  This
> reality happens to work to our advantage when it comes to viruses because
> hackers generally don't waste their time on the minority population.
>
> Tom
>
> > Why is it that Mac users seem to have a fanatical, religious devotion to
> >their cause, as opposed to the pluralists among us who have accepted the
> >modernism of the IBM/Microsoft world?
> >
> > Duncan Palmatier




Back to TOC