[Gllug] FreeServe tells Linux users to ---- off

Andrew Halliwell ah at gnd.com
Thu Oct 16 09:29:25 UTC 2003


And verily, didst Pete Ryland announce to the hordes:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 12:20:09PM +0000, Formi wrote:
> >  I wonder if they think: non-windows user = more IT savvy = more bandwith,
> >  which it would be a bit silly, but with these types you never know.
> 
> I doubt it.  It's more likely a decision based on the cost of providing
> over-the-phone support for non-Windows users.

Which is very easily offset by the cost windows users impose on them by
flooding their mail servers with the sven virus.

(Still getting over 100 of the feckers a day, one month on)

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