[PLUG] Congratulations to Carla

Michael M debian at writemoore.net
Thu Mar 9 02:56:43 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 10:43 -0800, TedK wrote:
> Thanks for the reference. I just read the article.
> 
> On a related note, as an old guy I looked into the cheap Internet access
> offered by the AARP (PeoplePC deal for AARP members), I called and was told
> that the deal was only available for Windows users. Not that they would only
> support MS Windows you know not answer questions about Linux, but no, only
> MS Windows, sorry.

It's not AARP's fault if PeoplePC uses software that works only with
Windows, but it is AARP's fault if they strike a deal only with
PeoplePC.  You'd think it could broaden its horizons some.  I'm sure
there are lots of ISPs that don't use proprietary Windows-only software
who'd be eager to work with the AARP.

I'm surprised that there aren't more Mac-using AARP members annoyed
about this.  Perhaps people who can afford Macs in the first place don't
bother themselves with low-cost ISPs.

-- 
Michael




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