[NCLUG] local end-user support

[Chad Perrin]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 03:47:01PM -0700, Paul Hummer wrote:
> >  
> I think what Chad was getting at is not necessarily support from the 
> vendor, but third parties.  If my grandma didn't have a son and a 
> grandson that are both employed in the computer field, she wouldn't be 
> calling Microsoft, even if it's free.  She'd be taking it down to those 
> boys at Best Buy who have to wear a uniform with pants that don't go 
> down to their shoes.  If the medieval computer company actually 
> supported Linux, that would be very exciting, because I wouldn't feel so 
> bad putting linux on my grandma's computer (so when she clicks on that 
> link that says "Click here to win an iPod" she's not infected with 
> ungodly amounts of spyware), and when she has needs and I don't have 
> time, I could send her to computer ren, er, that place.  She's got quite 
> a lot of wealth behind her, she it wouldn't be a problem, but then she 
> could at least make her system go a little longer before replacing it.

Yes . . . that's exactly what I mean.

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