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Re: Only Five More Days to Go!
Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
> "Alias ;-)" <iamalias@REMOVETHISgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ge1h0k$747$2@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>>> "Alias ;-)" <iamalias@REMOVETHISgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ge0ej1$s4h$2@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>> Mick Murphy wrote:
>>>>>> Alias, you get your Yahoo mail through Yahoo Messenger, as well as
>>>>>> get into Yahoo Chat via it..
>>>>>
>>>>> And with Pidgin you can do the same thing with MSN, Yahoo and AIM
>>>>> programs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> And ICQ among others.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>
>>>
>>> But users of the various messengers want what their friends have..
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Another sweeping generalization. I have friends who use ICQ. I have
>> other friends who use Windows Live Messenger and yet others who use
>> AIM or Yahoo. With Pidgin, I can IM with all of them and only use one
>> program. And, as Windows Live Messenger is one of the main sources of
>> malware and screws up XP's defrag, they would be better off getting
>> their friends to use Ubuntu.
>>
>> Alias
>
>
> No sweeping generalization at all. You should get yourself in a chat
> room and try to sell yourself there..
>
> Why not get them to use Trillian? I have tried and failed because people
> want what others have got. They feel safer that way..
>
>
As soon as you say "people want", you are speaking for everyone and not
everyone shares your generalizations or bias.
Alias
Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
> "Alias ;-)" <iamalias@REMOVETHISgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ge1h0k$747$2@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>>> "Alias ;-)" <iamalias@REMOVETHISgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ge0ej1$s4h$2@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>> Mick Murphy wrote:
>>>>>> Alias, you get your Yahoo mail through Yahoo Messenger, as well as
>>>>>> get into Yahoo Chat via it..
>>>>>
>>>>> And with Pidgin you can do the same thing with MSN, Yahoo and AIM
>>>>> programs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> And ICQ among others.
>>>>
>>>> Alias
>>>
>>>
>>> But users of the various messengers want what their friends have..
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Another sweeping generalization. I have friends who use ICQ. I have
>> other friends who use Windows Live Messenger and yet others who use
>> AIM or Yahoo. With Pidgin, I can IM with all of them and only use one
>> program. And, as Windows Live Messenger is one of the main sources of
>> malware and screws up XP's defrag, they would be better off getting
>> their friends to use Ubuntu.
>>
>> Alias
>
>
> No sweeping generalization at all. You should get yourself in a chat
> room and try to sell yourself there..
>
> Why not get them to use Trillian? I have tried and failed because people
> want what others have got. They feel safer that way..
>
>
As soon as you say "people want", you are speaking for everyone and not
everyone shares your generalizations or bias.
Alias