Usenet NEWS vs. Bittorrent

[Leo Mauler]

--- On Mon, 7/14/08, Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Leo Mauler
> <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> > Amiga technology made really great computers,
> >> > but IBM PC technology ended up working better 
> >> > for me.  I can admire Amiga without desiring 
> >> > that it return and replace something I really 
> >> > do want.
> >>
> >> Okay, let's use your analogy.  What you're
> >> asking for is like asking Time Warner Cable to 
> >> _support Amigas_.
> >
> > Considering, to extend your analogy, that TWC had 
> > been "supporting Amigas" right up until a few days 
> > ago, this analogy is somewhat silly given what you 
> > were trying to say with it.
> 
> I should point out that Amigas had TCP/IP stacks even 
> back in the mid-90's when I first got started on the 
> Internet.  They still work with TWC, they just don't 
> want to tell anyone they support them.  TWC doesn't 
> have to give explicit support for a system for it to 
> work just fine. ;)

Yes, Linux works fine with TWC even though they tend to say things like "we don't support Linux" when you mention it to tech support.  

Well, I did once get a tech guy who told me that TWC doesn't officially support Linux with their Internet service, but he'd be happy to help me out anyway...