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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] the non-free neighbour asking for help dilemma
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Lucy |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] the non-free neighbour asking for help dilemma |
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Tue, 6 May 2008 07:17:44 +0100 |
On 05/05/2008, Lucy <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 05/05/2008, Tim Dobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> > what would you do?
>
>
> I would help him. It's the first step to regaining his trust and
> opening up a dialog with him. Maybe you could suggest some
> 'improvements' he could make to his computer at the same time - AVG
> anti virus or Open Office perhaps? If not, then you might be able to
> sneak some free software in the next time he asks for help. It sounds
> as though he, like many people sadly, will ignore any debate/lecturing
> about the advantages of free software, so quietly showing him that
> it's better (without him necessarily knowing in advance) might work
> instead.
>
Of course, after I wrote that I remembered that AVG isn't free software..
Re: [Fsuk-manchester] the non-free neighbour asking for help dilemma, Iain Roberts, 2008/05/05