[BC] Comparing computers & parts

[Sid Schweiger]

>>Using AOL for e-mail for years, now.<<

At this point, I advise my people that if they absolutely, positively
must use AOL, they should use the web interface.  If they can't live
without the AOL custom software, I install AOL 7.0...probably the last
version of AOL that didn't have tentacles reaching into every corner of
the computer.  7.0 runs just fine on XP.

>>We used to get lots of spyware before FireFox- I'd purge the machines
every 
two months or so, getting *dozens* of "hits" every time. As soon as we
dumped 
IE and went to Firefox, those scans turned up empty. Every time. Now, I
only do 
them once a year. I may occasionally find a *cookie* or three. Nothing
more! 
That's a pretty good track record!<<

The security bulletins I subscribe to now say that IE7 is at least as
secure as Firefox.  After we deployed IE7, the incidents of spyware on
our network took a nosedive.