[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD PVR (A bit more info for those starved for it)

[Brian Wood]

On Feb 29, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Graham Wood wrote:

>
>> One nice thing about Google is that you do not have to change your
>> email address when you change ISPs. The ISPs love to give you a  
>> "free"
>> email account in an attempt to lock you in to their "service".
> You're locked to google instead - how is that any better?

You are not paying Google any money, nor are you locked into any fixed- 
period "contract". You are not limited to only certain geographical  
areas.
>
> Quite apart from any security/privacy concerns that you may have - I
> am more likely to shift to a different search engine than I am to
> change ISPs.
> ----
>
> Of course, it's all irrelevant to me since I have my own domain(s) and
> therefore can move to a different ISP anyway.  (The fact I've got my
> own domain is pretty obvious from the email address this is sent from,
> I know).

Likewise, obviously.

But running your own mail server in today's environment was compared  
recently to "trying to run a lemonade stand in a war zone". It's not  
what it was 20 years ago, when the internet was a far friendlier place.

beww