Re: Shell accounts (fwd)
velcro@pobox.com
Tue, 4 Jun 1996 15:39:31 -0400 (EDT)
> We have lost only one potential customer this way. He wanted "full"
> shell access, with compilers and this and that. Our position is that
> we are a 'net access company, not a software house, and if he wants
> those tools, he should be running Unix at home (Linux, FreeBSD,
> whatever) and connecting _that_ to our service. He said he couldn't do
> that since he was running a Mac (though he didn't want PPP access
> because he *hated* GUIs), and just mumbled something and hung up when I
> mentioned that there was a freely available version of Unix (FreeBSD? I
> forget now) for the Mac.
Be afraid. A "customer" like that probably won't settle for anything less
than a full shell. Why not? Well, because he wants to hack around on
your system, of course. :)
You did the right thing.
> Joe Hartley - jh@brainiac.com - brainiac services, inc
> PO Box 5069 : Greene, RI : 02827 - vox 401.539.9050 : fax 401.539.2070
> Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - Frank Zappa
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Dan D'Ambrosio
velcro@pobox.com