[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

[Gareth France]

That's convenient, I'm in South Bucks so not too far. Let me know if you
ever fancy meeting up for a coffee or whatever and we'll see if wecan crack
it.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:35 PM, scoundrel50a <scoundrel50a at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi I live in London.....
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> On 02/12/2011 15:26, Gareth France wrote:
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> Where are you based? Maybe I can help
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> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:23 PM, scoundrel50a <scoundrel50a at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>  If I could find somebody to teach me how to run Ubuntu properly, and be
>> able to use the Terminal to fix problems, I would gladly help in support,
>> but I just dont know enough....
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>> On 02/12/2011 15:18, Gareth France wrote:
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>> I don't want to pick on them and I have to say I'm considering the merits
>> of paying for one of their support subscriptions to aid my business. Would
>> having access to their knowledgebase and someone at the end of the phone be
>> a useful asset alongside the free community support? I suppose I'll only
>> find out by giving it a go.
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>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com>wrote:
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>>> On 02/12/11 14:32, scoundrel50a wrote:
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>>>> But that paid support (the one that costs £80 odd) in Canonical, has a
>>>> 3 day waiting for non important answers, so you could be needing help, ask
>>>> a question, it could take up to three days to answer
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>>>  Oh, and Microsoft offers better?  Please.  The only way people used to
>>> get support was from the trader from whom they bought the product.
>>>  Computer stores made their money because they offered good support.  But
>>> they paid dearly for their knowledge-base because they had to buy training
>>> in.  You can do the same - or you can build it for yourself within the
>>> community along with the rest of us.  Personally, I've never found a
>>> support-base as good as when I joined the Ubuntu community (and the local
>>> Linux user group), and I've tried to offer whatever I can in return.
>>>  There's many a good trader who relies on the community and the many
>>> excellent wiki pages to build corporate knowledge, so why pick on Canonical?
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>>> Regards,        Barry.
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>>> Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team.
>>> http://ubuntuadverts.org/
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