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----------------- [email protected] wrote:--------------- From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <[email protected]> "Scott Weeks" <[email protected]> wrote: > : Most ISPs recommend using Microsoft software or > : provide software for the Microsoft platform, and > : require to turn on JavaScript > > I've never heard of an ISP requiring this. They might provide it for you if you want to use their branded Micro$loth-oriented software, but it's not a requirement. Any ISP requiring folks to use a particular OS is doomed to fail. You're kidding, right? Have you ever called an ISP to report a technical problem that has nothing to do with your computer or even your connection to them, say a reverse DNS issue? If you tell them that you run Unix they just ask you to run IE anyway. If you don't run Windows they won't help you. That's a pretty clear message. ----------------------------------------------------------- No I've never heard of that except, possibly, from non-clued phone monkeys. It's easy to get past them to more clued folks, though... scott
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