[ubuntu-za] another switch story

[Jan Kroeze]

It's actually amazing how much more independent people become when given
Linux instead of Windows. You'd think they will rely on you for tech support
*more* often, but the reverse is often the case. At least, that's how I
experienced it.

On 25/05/07, Henti Smith <henti at impilinux.co.za> wrote:
>
> I have a friend, she's in her 40's and she was using windows for years.
>
> I'm sort of her I.T. guy. If she had computer issue she always called me.
>
> After the n'th time she ran some program or deleted some files, her
> windows
> stopped working again and she asked me to come and fix it. I told her I'm
> installing linux so she can't break the machine. She's been using it since
> then, currently running feisty and happy as can be. The company she works
> for
> I.T. staff refer to her on how to use linux sometimes since she's been
> using
> it longer then any of the I.T. people. She refuses to go back to window on
> her home machine and is pushing her company to switch to Linux on the
> desktop.
>
> She's never root access to her machine, I manage it remotely. Her machine
> has
> never crashed since we switched.
>
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