John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Marc writes:
> > So you consider an ISP whose support staff doesn't remember obscure
> > configuration options of an obscure open-source opererating system
> > losers?
> 
> Unix is not "an obscure open-source operating system".  I expect them to
> either know the command, look it up and get it right, or say "I don't
> know".  However, I consider them losers more for the obvious
> misconfiguration of their system than for the deficiencies of their
> support.

Fact is that most know less than this ISP did. Of a half a dozen or
more ISP's that I have had contact with, only one had heard of Linux.
That one suggested a certain support person for any Linux related
issues.

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