__/ [ Arne Knut Roev ] on Wednesday 21 February 2007 18:30 \__
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> I'm not too sure about the Guiness, but the story you tell here is why I
> stopped helping people with Windows. If they want to be liberated with
> GNU/Linux, then here I am. If they have malware issues or Windows won't
> boot, they'll have to learn a lesson rather than delegate the chore to
> somebody else. If they get help every time Windows collapses, then
they will
> never reach out for something better, be it a Mac (expensive new
machine) or
> Linux.
I hope you draw the line where I draw it: I'll help people with copying
out their
data, and putting it up somewhere they can access it. _BUT_ I make it
quite clear
that I do _NOT_ do Windows. In any way, shape or form. For that part
they are
on their own.
-akr
(snipping most, because I only comment one small part)
For backup purposes (e.g. photos and documents), I told my mother that she
ought to have Linux installed so that I can set up a script or periodically
SSH/SCP to grab backups and put them on my PCs. I see many people whose data
goes as far back as the last hard-drive crash or Windows failure. Some of
them would rewrite their CV, for example, from memory or from some printed
copy. It's not quite so funny.
