[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

[scoundrel50a]

Oh ok, definitely.....I'll e-mail you later to chat about it......

thank you

John

On 02/12/11 15:38, Gareth France wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:scoundrel50a at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi I live in London.....
>
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>     On 02/12/2011 15:26, Gareth France wrote:
>>     Where are you based? Maybe I can help
>>
>>     On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:23 PM, scoundrel50a
>>     <scoundrel50a at gmail.com <mailto: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:
>>>         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.
>>>
>>>         On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Barry Drake
>>>         <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com
>>>         <mailto:ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             On 02/12/11 14:32, scoundrel50a wrote:
>>>
>>>                 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
>>>
>>>
>>>             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?
>>>
>>>             Regards,        Barry.
>>>
>>>             -- 
>>>             Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team.
>>>             http://ubuntuadverts.org/
>>>
>>>
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