[ubuntu-uk] Dad's Computer - for want of a better subject

[Barry Titterton]

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:52 +0100, alan c wrote:
> On 22/06/11 09:14, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> 
> >   Either way, I wish my Dad would just let me put Ubuntu on there and
> 
> Do you intend to support his use of non free software when you 
> obviously feel strongly about it?
> 
> If any of my family, or friends want my support for their PCs, it 
> *only* comes if they are using Ubuntu, no way for Windows. Although if 
> they use Windows, that is their choice.
> 
> My own life is too short to spend time supporting something I dislike 
> for many reasons.
> 
> -- 
> alan cocks
> Ubuntu user
> 

I help local Windows users but try to get in a comment like "you
wouldn't have had this problem with Ubuntu". I see it as a form of
evangelism.

There is one women whose machine got borked by a virus, who is now
considering giving Ubuntu a try.

Barry T