Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Scott van Looy wrote:

> Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly:
>
>> On 19/04/07, Scott van Looy <scott at ethosuk.org.uk> wrote:
>>> OK, you weren't running as a user with administrative privs
>>> 
>> 
>> Oh, I didn't realize that I was supposed to be an admin in regular
>> use. Apparently my professor didn't realize that either. How dumb we
>> are.
>
> You're not supposed to be, but if you want to avoid such things then you 
> should be. Also, the majority of windows software doesn't run properly 
> without admin privs, so i'd be surprised if you were able to do this without 
> such heartache.

And *that's* what they mean when they say, "Defective by design."

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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