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____/ Homer on Thursday 30 Jun 2011 18:04 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> ____/ Homer on Thursday 30 Jun 2011 15:05 : \____
>
>>> If someone needs help with proprietary software, they should go to the
>>> company they bought it from, since it is of no benefit to anyone else.
>>> Personally the only help I give people with proprietary software is an
>>> offer to replace it with alternative Free Software. If they don't like
>>> that idea ... then they know where to go.
>>
>> Maybe it's because people call it "fixing the computer". We need to
>> change the wording to "covering up Microsoft's mess".
>
> Even if it weren't a mess; even if it were the best software in the
> world, it is still not my responsibility to support somebody else's
> commercial product. It could be a hoover or toaster for all I care.
> If a company wants me to support its private business, then it will
> have to pay. Period. Work in the public interest is another matter.
> I'll gladly help those in need, but corporations are not the needy,
> and their customers are not charity cases, they're paying customers
> with contractual entitlements, and I refuse to alleviate companies'
> legal responsibilities just to avoid being seen as uncaring. I will
> gladly provide any help that doesn't also benefit those who neither
> need nor deserve any help.
Helping someone with gardening is akin to helping someone with
software which is freely (as in freedom) distributed. I think the trolls
only *pretend* not to understand that.
I actually *did* help people with their Windows PCs. I booted them into a live
CD and installed... something else.
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~~ Best of wishes
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