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

[Lucy]

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..