Re: [Fsuk-manchester] the non-free neighbour asking for help dilemma

[Dave Crossland]

2008/5/6 Lucy <address@hidden>:
>
> I would say how far you leave a person by themselves to re-install
> Windows depends on the individual. In this case I think that
> rebuilding trust is more important. Tim's brother has obviously had a
> bad experience with free software and is now blaming it for his
> current problems. So I think Tim should help him but explain that the
> help will have to be limited in future (after all Tim's expertise lies
> in free operating systems).

Yes, I'm assuming that anyone can reinstall Windows as long as the
machine can boot CDs.

Perhaps Tim could set up the machine to dualboot gNewSense and
Windows, put enough free software on Windows to help his bro migrate
his data to free formats.

-- 
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Dave

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