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Well said. I think you will enjoy this. It's John C. Dvorak's commentary in the Sept. 19th issue of PC Magazine. http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/opinions/0,7802,2615596,00.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Hall" <deborahh@TENET.EDU> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:30 PM Subject: GEN: Comment about AOL > We too have been barraged by yet another AOL campaign. Now they are going > after the schools with their latest effort. IMHO, AOL is a very invasive > piece of software. When you install it, it writes files all over your hard > drive. Many home users I have talked to fail to understand the basic > workings of the Internet because they have only used the AOL interface and > are unfamiliar with IE or Netscape. I teach Internet classes at night for > the community college and many of the adults I teach are AOL users. Many of > them have never left the AOL website because of the interface and their > lack of experience. They think AOL is the Internet. We have been warned in > our school district not to use it. I imagine the tech support people are > having nightmares about what problems would ensue with the installation of > this product. > Debbie Hall, Librarian > deborahh@tenet.edu (home) or > dhall1@houstonisd.org (work) > Bellaire High School > Bellaire,Texas > Houston Independent School District > <http://www.bellarie.org/>www.bellaire.org > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= > All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. > To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: > listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: > 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST > 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. > For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ > Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html > See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: > http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=